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When Frost Met Bakewell: Joan Bakewell at 80

Pioneering broadcaster Joan Bakewell is interviewed by David Frost, looking back on more than 50 years at the heart of television and a life often lived in the glare of celebrity.

Pioneering female Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ broadcaster of the 1960s, Joan Bakewell subjects herself to an interrogation by David Frost, looking back on more than 50 years at the heart of television and a life often lived in the glare of celebrity. From her early years as the face of Late Night Line Up, the end-of-the-day live programme that broke the rules of polite television, through to her days on Newsnight, covering arts, entertainment, politics and even pornography, this no-holds barred interview recalls how it was to be a lone woman at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, the fun she had in swinging London and how she came to be branded 'the thinking man's crumpet'.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 18 Apr 2013 00:45

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Role Contributor
Interviewer David Frost
Interviewer David Frost
Interviewed Guest Joan Bakewell
Interviewed Guest Joan Bakewell
Director Georgina Leslie
Director Georgina Leslie
Executive Producer Basil Comely
Executive Producer Basil Comely

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