Broadcaster and journalist Joan Bakewell presents Radio 3’s Belief and Radio 4’s Inside the Ethics Committee. She also appears across a range of TV and Radio programmes including BBC2’s The Daily Politics Show, Radio 4’s Saturday Live and LBC Radio. In April 2012 Joan presented Joan Bakewell’s Lovers, a three part series for Classic FM, which explored some of the passionate and intriguing love lives of classical music’s great composers and performers.

Joan has presented a number of Panorama programmes for BBC1. In September 2012 she presented Panorama: Old, Drunk and Disorderly? in which she investigated the hidden problem of alcohol abuse and in older people and in July 2010 she presented Panorama: The Generation Game in which she explored the challenges ahead in caring for an ageing population, and made the point that the old keep on getting older.

She was appointed by the government as The Voice of Older People in 2008 and stepped down from the role in 2010. In November 2010 she was made a working peer in the House of Lords.

Joan also chairs conferences and seminars and is a highly skilled conference facilitator and after dinner speaker. She has a wealth of experience hosting events and award ceremonies, both at home and abroad.

Recent testimonials include:

NHS Alliance 12th Annual Conference

Thank you for your valuable contribution…The presentations given at the conference were very well received and we have had feedback from our delegates about the sessions and the event as a whole. You helped us to make this the best annual conference to date.  

CEL Conference

Feedback forums said she was one of the most popular and inspiring speakers over the two conference days. I’m very pleased that Joan took the time and trouble to get to grips with the topics of interest to our sector, which meant that her presentation really struck a chord with delegates and her hosting of the question time session kept everyone well focused on the right kind of issues.

Sheffield Women's Lecture Club

We had a very successful day with Joan Bakewell -her lecture and Q and A session were much appreciated and I personally enjoyed meeting her  

London Festival of Architecture Event

Thank you very much for taking part in our event last week. Not only were people inspired to come and hear you, but we have accepted compliments on your talk from many members of the audience on your behalf. Thank you for making the event such a success.

Opening of Careers Week

Everyone seemed to have a very enjoyable day and we have received some very positive feedback both on the day itself and after the event.

HDTI Official Opening Event

Please could you convey our sincere thanks to Dame Joan Bakewell …the content and delivery of her opening address and afternoon lecture were absolutely perfect and exceeded our already high expectations. We were particularly delighted with her enthusiasm for what HDTI is doing and for her interest in those clients who she met and their products. We have already received several unsolicited, highly complementary comments from guests; these are some of the written ones:

“Joan Bakewell was absolutely brilliant”

“I really enjoyed the event and thought Dame Joan was an inspirational speaker.”