Times have changed since Frank Muir called Joan Bakewell 'the thinking man’s crumpet ... as well as being a Dame, she’s President of Birkbeck College, a Member of the House of Lords as ...

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James Peak and Joan Bakewell find some incredible hidden BBC archive from 1963. Wait! Is that The Beatles? And Mary Quant? And Morecambe & Wise? James Peak and Joan Bakewell find some incredible ...

Lord Harries of Pentregarth, formerly Bishop of Oxford and currently Gresham Professor of Divinity, talks to Joan Bakewell about his belief and his engagement with the arts. Show more In the first ...

Richard Dannatt talks to Joan Bakewell about Christmas on the front lline and how his beliefs have shaped his work from training officer at Sandhurst to head of the British Army. Show more The ...