Melvyn Bragg
Acting
Born 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 with ITV as editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010), 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
Jul 24, 2024
David Hockney: In London
Aug 29, 2023
David Hockney: A Celebration
Aug 28, 2023
David Hockney: In Normandy
Aug 28, 2023
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Jun 30, 2016
Muse of Fire
Sep 26, 2013
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Jun 6, 2013
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Nov 22, 2011
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Dec 29, 2003
R.E.M.
May 9, 2002
Countertenors
Dec 19, 1999
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Jul 19, 1998
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Jan 13, 1997
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Dec 19, 1994
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Nov 19, 1994
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Jun 14, 1992
Bernard and the Genie
Nov 23, 1991
Roy Lichtenstein
Jan 2, 1991
Vivienne Westwood
Apr 8, 1990
Norbert Smith: A Life
Nov 3, 1989
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
Mar 20, 1989
The Tall Guy
Feb 1, 1989
Hockney at the Tate
Oct 30, 1988
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Sep 20, 1988
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Jan 17, 1988
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Jan 1, 1987
Francis Bacon
Jun 8, 1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
Jan 1, 1985
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Jul 5, 1983
Laurence Olivier: a life
Oct 24, 1982