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Joan Bakewell

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TV Personality

The Resume

    (April 16, 1933- )
    Born in Stockport, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Joan Dawson Rowlands
    Presenter for BBC 2's 'Late Night Line-Up' (1965-72), Granada TV's 'Reports Action' (1976-78) and BBC 1's 'Heart of the Matter' (1988-2000)
    Arts correspondent for 'Newsnight' (1986-88)
    Opinion columnist for 'The Independent'
    Chair of the British Film Institute (2000-02)
    Named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2008)
    Named a Life Peer as Baroness Bakewell (2010)

Why she might be annoying:

    She said that initially she was 'terrible' at interviewing people.
    She was dubbed 'the thinking man's crumpet,' a nickname that she hated.
    She had a long-term affair with playwright Harold Pinter when they were both married to other people.
    After her second divorce, she threw her ex's furniture out the window of their house's top-floor study.

Why she might not be annoying:

    The BBC described her as 'the epitome of 60s chic.'
    Her affair with Pinter inspired the play many critics considered his best, 'Betrayal.'
    She has been a vocal critic of the lack of older women on British television.
    She said about sex, 'If you both like it, it doesn't matter how you do it.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying