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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"