Joan Bakewell at the BBC

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Joan Bakewell looks back on her time working at the BBC and shares some of her most memorable moments, such as honing her craft in the interviewers chair at 'Late Night Line Up'. She speaks about her love of conversation and how 'being nosey' made her a better journalist. Plus, Joan describes how she fought hard to maintain her role as a female journalist in the early days of television

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Michael Hogan

Times have changed since Frank Muir dubbed her “the thinking man’s crumpet” during the 1960s. Now 91, Dame Joan Bakewell has overcome such labels to become one of our most respected broadcasters and remains an active presence in arts journalism. This lively evening finds Bakewell looking back at her career at the BBC and rewinding some personal highlights. At 8.30pm there’s her scoop in 1990 as Nelson Mandela tells her how he survived 27 years in prison. At 9.30pm she interviews artist Marcel Duchamp just months before his death and profiles accidental Holocaust hero Oskar Schindler at 10.25pm. As Bakewell says, she’s not ready to stop talking yet.

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rolenameParticipantJoan BakewellProducerShelley TaltonSeries producerSimon Goretzki

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