Melvyn Bragg
Known for: Acting
Born: October 6, 1939
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
62 movies · 20 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Art Matters
2024
NR
David Hockney: In London
2023
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David Hockney: A Celebration
2023
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David Hockney: In Normandy
2023
5.2
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
2017
6.6
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
6.5
Muse of Fire
2013
9.0
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
2013NR
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
2013
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John Steinbeck: Voice of America
20116.0
Reel History of Britain
2011NR
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
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Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
20084.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
7.0
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006
7.5
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
8.6
The Adventure of English
2003
6.8
Believe Nothing
2002NR
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
2002
0.5
R.E.M.
2002NR
Emir Kusturica
2000
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Countertenors
1999
7.0
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
1998NR
The Garden Party
1998
8.5
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
1997
8.0
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997
6.0
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
6.3
Johnny and the Dead
1995
9.0
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
10.0
An Interview with Dennis Potter
1994NR
Portrait or Bust
1994
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Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993
7.3
Naked Making Lunch
1992
7.2
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
3.8
A Time to Dance
1992
7.3
Bernard and the Genie
1991
6.4
Roy Lichtenstein
1991
7.2
Have I Got News for You
1990
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Vivienne Westwood
1990NR
Plunder
1990
8.0
Norbert Smith: A Life
1989
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It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989
6.5
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989
5.7
The Tall Guy
1989
9.0
Hockney at the Tate
1988
NR
Toulouse-Lautrec
1988
6.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
10.0
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988
NR
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
8.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
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J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
1987
6.3
Francis Bacon
1985
6.0
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
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David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
1983
10.0
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982NR
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
1981
9.0
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980
4.3
Sweet William
1980
7.3
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979
6.1
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
19785.0
Clouds of Glory
1978
NR
Ingmar Bergman at 60
1978
5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
10.0
Orion
1977
2.0
Whose Doctor Who
1977NR
The Lively Arts
1976NR
An Artist's Story
19747.0
2nd House
1973
7.1
Jesus Christ Superstar
1973NR
Zinotchka
1972
6.5
The Music Lovers
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.3
Play Dirty
1969
6.2
Isadora
1968
NR
Familiar Spirits
1966
6.5
Always on Sunday
1965
7.6
The Debussy Film
1965
NR
JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli
1965
7.3
Monitor
1958
6.5
Norbert Smith – a Life
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