Joan Bakewell

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Joan Bakewell

Born April 16, 1933 · Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK (age 93)

Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, DBE, HonFBA, is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. Baroness Bakewell is President of Birkbeck, University of London; she is also an author and playwright, and has been awarded Humanist of the year for services to humanism.

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IrisIris · 2001
Iris
6.42001
MovieDramaRomance
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
The Devil a Monk Would BeThe Devil a Monk Would Be · 1967
The Devil a Monk Would Be
1967
MovieDramaTV Movie
A community of monks decides to solve its financial predicament through the sale of a potent cure for rheumatism made from rare herbs and one hundred per cent proof alcohol.
Postcards from the 48%Postcards from the 48% · 2018
Postcards from the 48%
6.02018
MovieDocumentary
This is a film made by the some of the 48% who voted Remain. The film is of the 48% and for the 48%. It is their story, feelings and reasons for remain, made totally from their perspective.
Give Us a Kiss, ChristabelGive Us a Kiss, Christabel · 1977
Give Us a Kiss, Christabel
1977
MovieRomanceComedy
Casual labour appeals to Wilfred, and the street market is a friendly home until he meets the beautiful Christabel. Her haughty dismissal drives him to amazing feats. He'll do anything for a kiss.
The TouchablesThe Touchables · 1968
The Touchables
3.81968
MovieCrimeDrama
British rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends.
Blore M.P.Blore M.P. · 1989
Blore M.P.
3.31989
MovieDramaTV Movie
Derek Blore, MP, enjoys both a happy successful political career and a sideline in the suburbs. When his two political lives become confused, with an added Russian complication, he finds a national scandal engulfing him.
Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68 · 2018
Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68
2018
MovieDocumentary
In 1968 Joan Bakewell was one of the few female TV presenters, fronting the BBC's Late Night Line-Up and addressing daily the most pressing issues of the time. In this film she looks back at the events that led to what for many became the defining event of that extraordinarily turbulent year - the protests in France in May. While the rest of the world was in turmoil, with the Vietnam War causing increasing dissent, the Civil Rights movement growing in intensity and young people finding new ways of expressing themselves, as 1968 began it seemed to France's president, General de Gaulle, that his country was immune to the kind of protest sweeping the rest of the world.
The Art of DissentThe Art of Dissent · 2021
The Art of Dissent
2021
MovieDocumentary
"The Art of Dissent" celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. The documentary's main protagonists - Václav Havel, banned singer Marta Kubisová, and the underground rock group the Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) - became the most recognizable dissidents during the 1970-80s. Havel bridged the disparate clusters of individuals and fused the literary, musical, political, and philosophical nonviolent elements into a hybrid network that eventually toppled the totalitarian regime in 1989.

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Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68 · 2018
Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68
2018
MovieDocumentary
In 1968 Joan Bakewell was one of the few female TV presenters, fronting the BBC's Late Night Line-Up and addressing daily the most pressing issues of the time. In this film she looks back at the events that led to what for many became the defining event of that extraordinarily turbulent year - the protests in France in May. While the rest of the world was in turmoil, with the Vietnam War causing increasing dissent, the Civil Rights movement growing in intensity and young people finding new ways of expressing themselves, as 1968 began it seemed to France's president, General de Gaulle, that his country was immune to the kind of protest sweeping the rest of the world.

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