Bakewell of much of the town in the 19th century. Bakewell is in the valley of the River Wye in central Derbyshire. The town centre is sited near the river at about above sea-level, with the highest parts of the town at about on the valley sides. The town is in the Derbyshire Dales district and is about southwest of Sheffield, southeast of Manchester, and north of Derby. Nearby towns include Matlock to the south east, Chesterfield to the east and Buxton to the west northwest. Villages near Bakewell include Ashford-in-the-Water, Elton, Great Longstone, Monyash, Over Haddon, Sheldon, Rowsley, Pilsley, Youlgreave
Joan Bakewell late night television arts programme; briefly worked on the BBC Radio 4 PM programme, and was "Newsnight's" arts correspondent (1986–88). Later, Bakewell came to the fore as the main presenter of the documentary and discussion series "Heart of the Matter", which ran from 1988 to 2000. In 2001, Bakewell wrote and presented a four-part series for the BBC called "Taboo", a personal exploration of the concepts of taste, decency and censorship. The programme dealt frankly with sex and nudity and in some cases pushed the boundaries of what is permissible on mainstream television. Bakewell used frank language and "four-letter words"