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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 11d

It’s absolutely amazing to be taking today’s children and their parents many of whom are my #Playschool Babies to a world of fun and play on @CBeebies Time to play! @BBC Children’s and Education www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Time to play! Baroness Floella Benjamin returns to BBC Children’s and Education

Saturday 27 September marks exactly 49 years to the day that Floella Benjamin first appeared on the BBC

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you all for the beautiful special birthday wishes especially from my #Playschool Babies who remember the unconditional love and joy I shared with them❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 15d

Hooray 76 today and feeling truly blessed and loved. Happy birthday to everyone born on this day too❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 16d

Every Brilliant Thing is well worth seeing. Here’s my review about it. Lenny was amazing ❤️ www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

'Outstanding': Baroness Benjamin reviews 'Every Brilliant Thing'

With its novel approach to audience participation, allow yourself to be drawn in by this uplifting play and its moving portrayal of a child’s attem...

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 29d

Thank ITV for a wonderful evening celebrating your 70th anniversary and for giving me my first drama role on television way back in 1974 ❤️ Keep on making a difference and here’s to continued success in the future ❤️❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thought for the day: ‘This world can sometimes be cruel. So don’t be upset about what others say or think of you as long as you know that you have a good heart and do the right thing and have confidence in yourself’. Sharing virtual hugs full of love❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Aug 17

Loved listening to the talented and resilient MaggieAlphonsi on #DesertIslandDiscs with the wonderful laurenlaverne What a great advocate for women’s sports and rugby ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Aug 17

Had the most wonderful theatrical experience seeing the fantastic LennyHenry in #EveryBrilliantThing. A must see show ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 28

My talented dad would have been 99yrs old today.He carried on playing his tenor saxophone right up until he died. He has left great memories behind, one was that in the 60’s the newly formed Rolling Stones was the support act to a band he played in. He was my hero ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 27

So happy for young #michelleagyemang and her family for her incredible achievement. What an inspiration she is #Euro2025

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 27

#HannahHampton should get all the credit for making sure England’s #Lionesses won #Euro2025 competition she made some brilliant saves ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 27

Oh my goodness #ChloeKelly brought it home again. What a superb win for the #Lionessess. Well done to this resilient team who have made the country proud. So happy. We need a Bank Holiday to celebrate ❤️❤️#NeverGiveUp #Euro2025

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 26

Josh Babarinde would be a brilliant President of the Lib Dem Party as he is all embracing and passionate about making a difference for all

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 17

I have tears in my eyes having heard the news that Sky Kids will no longer be commissioning Kids media content. Why can’t people understand the importance of providing quality UK made relevant content for kids, cos childhood lasts a lifetime 🥲

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 13

Great to see #ArthurAshe’s family in the #RoyalBox at Wimbledon today to celebrate Arthur winning the Men’s Final 50yrs ago. I vividly remember his historic victory ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 12

Thought of the day, ‘True freedom isn’t the right to do as you please but the liberty to do as you should for the sake of good and to take care of this magnificent planet that has been created for us’ ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Had the most amazing time at Wimbledon yesterday in the Royal Box watching some brilliant #tennis. My beloved mum would have been so happy for her daughter as that was something she wished for me to experience. Thank you Wimbledon for making her dream come true ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jul 1

Visited Waterloo Station yesterday and as I stood by the National Windrush Monument schoolchildren surrounded me and told me were studying my book Coming to England and knew all about the #Windrush Monument ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jun 29

So wonderful to give the keynote speech at the Mary Seacole Trust celebration at StThomas’s Hospital What an inspirational woman she was ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Had the most glorious time at Royal Ascot❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jun 21

What a joy it was to open the library named after me at Churchfields Primary School in Beckenham, just two streets away from where I was brought up ❤️#ComingToEngland

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jun 15

Happy #FathersDay to dads everywhere. Inspire your kids to have lasting memories and adventures. My dad was a hero and opened my mind to the musical world. Here I am singing with his band nearly 60yrs ago.He introduced me to an amazing world which helped make me who I am today ❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thrilled to be joining CBeebies House as a guest presenter. It will be like being on #Playschool again. It’s going to be so wonderfully exciting and adventurous creating home-grown, educational and inspirational children’s content for a whole new generation.❤️❤️

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hyperinsulinism Awareness Day is all about sharing the hopes and aims of people living with HI, their families, the rare disease community, and those we work alongside. It’s a day to raise voices, celebrate, and look ahead together.
#AimHIforHyperinsulinism #AimHITogether #ThinkHyperinsulinism

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · May 24

I love this picture at the #CannesFilmFestival in 1977 when I starred in Black Joy alongside the great Norman Beaton. It was the first time there anyone had worn their hair in plaits and beads❤️

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