Melvyn Bragg
Acting
1939-10-06 · Carlisle, UK
Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, CH, HonFRS, FRSL, FBA (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work as editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010, 2012–2023), and for the BBC Radio 4 documentary series In Our Time. Earlier in his career, Bragg worked for the BBC in various roles including presenter, a connection that resumed in 1988 when he began to host Start the Week on Radio 4. After his ennoblement in 1998, he switched to presenting the new In Our Time, an academic discussion radio programme, which has run to over 900 broadcast editions and is a popular podcast. He was Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1999 until 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvyn Bragg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Art Matters
2024 · Movie
David Hockney: In London
2023 · Movie
David Hockney: In Normandy
2023 · Movie
David Hockney: A Celebration
2023 · Movie
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
2017 · Movie
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016 · Movie
Muse of Fire
2013 · Movie
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
2013 · Movie
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
2013 · Movie
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
2011 · Movie
Reel History of Britain
2011 · Series
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009 · Movie
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
2008 · Series
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Series
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006 · Movie
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003 · Movie
The Adventure of English
2003 · Series
Believe Nothing
2002 · Series
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
2002 · Movie
R.E.M.
2002 · Movie
Emir Kusturica
2000 · Movie
Countertenors
1999 · Movie
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
1998 · Movie
The Garden Party
1998 · Series
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
1997 · Movie
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997 · Movie
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996 · Movie
TFI Friday
1996 · Series
Johnny and the Dead
1995 · Series
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994 · Movie
An Interview with Dennis Potter
1994 · Movie
Portrait or Bust
1994 · Movie
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993 · Movie
Naked Making Lunch
1992 · Movie
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992 · Movie
A Time to Dance
1992 · Series
Bernard and the Genie
1991 · Movie
Roy Lichtenstein
1991 · Movie
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Series
Vivienne Westwood
1990 · Movie
Plunder
1990 · Series
Norbert Smith: A Life
1989 · Movie
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989 · Movie
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989 · Movie
The Tall Guy
1989 · Movie
Hockney at the Tate
1988 · Movie
Toulouse-Lautrec
1988 · Movie
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988 · Movie
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988 · Movie
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988 · Movie
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · Series
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
1987 · Movie
Francis Bacon
1985 · Movie
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985 · Movie
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
1983 · Movie
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982 · Movie
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
1981 · Movie
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980 · Movie
Sweet William
1980 · Movie
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979 · Movie
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978 · Movie
Clouds of Glory
1978 · Series
Ingmar Bergman at 60
1978 · Movie
The South Bank Show
1978 · Series
An Audience with...
1978 · Series
Orion
1977 · Movie
Whose Doctor Who
1977 · Movie
The Lively Arts
1976 · Series
An Artist's Story
1974 · Movie
2nd House
1973 · Series
Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 · Movie
Zinotchka
1972 · Movie
The Music Lovers
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Play Dirty
1969 · Movie
Isadora
1968 · Movie
Familiar Spirits
1966 · Movie
Always on Sunday
1965 · Movie
The Debussy Film
1965 · Movie
JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli
1965 · Movie
Monitor
1958 · Series
Norbert Smith – a Life
Series