Baroness Floella Benjamin
@floellabenjamin.bsky.social
Baroness/Actress/Writer/Campaigner. Best known as iconic presenter of Playschool and Play Away
My book ‘Coming to England’ was first published 30yrs ago by the visionary @ColinThomasWebb 3 other editions have now been published & read by millions of children.I wrote the book through the eyes of the child cos #childhoodlastsalifetime . @MacmillanKidsUK
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My book ‘Coming to England’ was first published 30yrs ago by the visionary @ColinThomasWebb 3 other editions have now been published & read by millions of children.I wrote the book through the eyes of the child cos #childhoodlastsalifetime . @MacmillanKidsUK
My beloved Marmie would have been 99 years old today. She was an Earth Mother who inspired her children and everyone who met her to excel. I adored her and today I found a white feather so I know she is still guiding me ❤️❤️
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My beloved Marmie would have been 99 years old today. She was an Earth Mother who inspired her children and everyone who met her to excel. I adored her and today I found a white feather so I know she is still guiding me ❤️❤️
It was great to celebrate on @BBCMorningLive my return after 49yrs being a special guest on @BBC Children’s tv in @CBeebiesHouse ‘Time to Play’. I so love working for children just like I did for my #Playschool Babies ❤️
October 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It was great to celebrate on @BBCMorningLive my return after 49yrs being a special guest on @BBC Children’s tv in @CBeebiesHouse ‘Time to Play’. I so love working for children just like I did for my #Playschool Babies ❤️
Just adore this creative portrait done of me to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth.
October 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Just adore this creative portrait done of me to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth.
I had the most incredible time at the Women of the Year Lunch Awards celebrating with a room full of diverse inspirational women ❤️
October 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I had the most incredible time at the Women of the Year Lunch Awards celebrating with a room full of diverse inspirational women ❤️
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❤️
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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❤️
Hooray 76 today and feeling truly blessed and loved. Happy birthday to everyone born on this day too❤️
September 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hooray 76 today and feeling truly blessed and loved. Happy birthday to everyone born on this day too❤️
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 ❤️❤️
September 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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 ❤️❤️
Loved listening to the talented and resilient MaggieAlphonsi on #DesertIslandDiscs with the wonderful laurenlaverne What a great advocate for women’s sports and rugby ❤️
August 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Loved listening to the talented and resilient MaggieAlphonsi on #DesertIslandDiscs with the wonderful laurenlaverne What a great advocate for women’s sports and rugby ❤️
Had the most wonderful theatrical experience seeing the fantastic LennyHenry in #EveryBrilliantThing. A must see show ❤️
August 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Had the most wonderful theatrical experience seeing the fantastic LennyHenry in #EveryBrilliantThing. A must see show ❤️
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 ❤️
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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 ❤️
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
July 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
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 ❤️
July 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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 ❤️
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’ ❤️
July 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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’ ❤️
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 ❤️
July 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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 ❤️
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 ❤️
July 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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 ❤️
So wonderful to give the keynote speech at the Mary Seacole Trust celebration at StThomas’s Hospital What an inspirational woman she was ❤️
June 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So wonderful to give the keynote speech at the Mary Seacole Trust celebration at StThomas’s Hospital What an inspirational woman she was ❤️
Had the most glorious time at Royal Ascot❤️
June 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Had the most glorious time at Royal Ascot❤️
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
June 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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
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 ❤️
June 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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 ❤️
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.❤️❤️
June 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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.❤️❤️
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
#AimHIforHyperinsulinism #AimHITogether #ThinkHyperinsulinism
June 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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
#AimHIforHyperinsulinism #AimHITogether #ThinkHyperinsulinism
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❤️
May 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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❤️
Had a lovely time at @RHS #ChelseaFlowerShow and catching up with Johnny Ball my first co-presenter on #Playschool nearly 50yrs ago❤️
May 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Had a lovely time at @RHS #ChelseaFlowerShow and catching up with Johnny Ball my first co-presenter on #Playschool nearly 50yrs ago❤️
It was so heartwarming to meet my #Playschool Babies who all told me I inspired them to be in the creative industry and that I was their role model. I cried ❤️ You have to see it to be it ❤️
May 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It was so heartwarming to meet my #Playschool Babies who all told me I inspired them to be in the creative industry and that I was their role model. I cried ❤️ You have to see it to be it ❤️