Joan Bakewell
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Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
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The Accidental Hero: Oskar Schindler
Overview: A 30-minute British documentary about Oskar Schindler
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-31
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A Night in with the Girls
Overview: Traces the role of women in British television, from 1946 to 1997.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-15
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Blore M.P.
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-22
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Attenborough the Controller
Overview: A completely fantastic programme, charting the time of our favorite presenter at the head of the then struggling and controversial BBC2. Packed chock full of interviews, clips and reminiscences both old and new, including the very tasty Joan Bakewell of the 60s. Sir David Attenborough's reign as controller of BBC TWO, from 1965 to 1973, is still thought of as the golden age of television. He was responsible for a number of programme strands that were, and many argue still remain, the high point of public service broadcasting. Match of the Day and Pot Black sat alongside comedy such as The Likely Lads and Not Only But Also. Horizon, Man Alive, One Pair of Eyes, Masterclass, The Forsyte Saga and The Money Programme set the standard for years to come. Sir Attenborough also commissioned series on a grand scale: Kenneth Clark's Civilisation and Jacob Bronowski's Ascent of Man remain two of the great creations of television.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Europe After the Rain
Overview: Dada came out of the craziness of World War One. "The birth of Dada was not the beginning of art but of disgust." Surrealism tried to systematize Dada's anarchy into an artistic blend of Freudian psychoanalysis and Marxist provocation. In the interests of conquering the irrational, Salvador Dali opened exhibitions dressed in a diving suit, Marcel Duchamp turned himself into woman, Benjamin Peret assaulted priests, and Yves Tanguy ate spiders. Andre Breton, nicknamed "the Pope of Surrealism", led an inspired gang of artists, lunatics and writers. By the 1950s they were denouncing each other for betraying the movement, but their ideas had infected Hollywood, advertising agencies and were turning up as TV humor and album covers.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Overview: Marking 70 years since the Queen ascended the throne, Britain’s best-loved stars share memories of the changes they have lived through during her reign.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-06
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The Art of Dissent
Overview: "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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-05
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Iris
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-14
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The Touchables
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-16
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Give Us a Kiss, Christabel
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-27
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An Audience With Victoria Wood
Overview: British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch her crack jokes, play the piano and answer light-hearted questions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-10
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Postcards from the 48%
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-06
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Vive la Revolution! Joan Bakewell on May '68
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-09
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The Brontë Business
Overview: Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontës, to see the setting in which the novelists worked.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-04
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Overview: Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he soon settles into the Australian ghetto in Earls Court, where his old mate Curly has a flat.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-12
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Meeting Jim
Overview: Meeting Jim is a feature length documentary about a journey back to the lifetime of Jim Haynes, an extraordinary 83-year-old man who grabbed with heart and soul the spirit of the 60s and continued to carry it throughout his life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-23
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Bette Davis
Overview: Bette Davis talks with Joan Bakewell and members of the audience at the National Film Theatre, London.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-17
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Paul Newman
Overview: Recording of the actor in conversation with Joan Bakewell at the National Film Theatre, London.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-26
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100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Overview: Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and authors/critics.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-29
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