Bakewell is held at the beginning of July. Rugby union is played regularly in the town by Bakewell Mannerians RUFC, who currently compete in Midlands 2 East (North). The town is represented by two football teams, Bakewell Red Lion FC and Bakewell Town FC; both compete in the Hope Valley Football League. Bakewell has a large recreation park to the east of the town centre, which has tennis courts, children's playground, and football/cricket pitches. In the town itself, and located near to the library, is the municipal swimming pool and gym. Alongside the River Wye is a popular riverside walk. Bakewell
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"