Melvyn Bragg
Acting • Born 1939-10-06
Biography
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
56 credits
Hockney at the Tate
Movie • 1988
Self
Norbert Smith: A Life
Movie • 1989
Interviewer
David Hockney: A Celebration
Movie • 2023
Self
David Hockney: In Normandy
Movie • 2023
self
David Hockney: In London
Movie • 2023
Self
Francis Bacon
Movie • 1985
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
Movie • 2013
Self
Vivienne Westwood
Movie • 1990
Self
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Movie • 2003
Himself
Bernard and the Genie
Movie • 1991
Himself
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Movie • 1987
Presenter
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Movie • 2016
Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
Art Matters
Movie • 2024
Self
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Movie • 1992
Self - Presenter
Muse of Fire
Movie • 2013
Self
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Movie
Narrator
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Movie • 1998
Self
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Movie • 1981
Presenter
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Movie • 1988
Presenter
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Movie • 2011
Host/Narrator
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Movie • 1994
Interviewer
The Tall Guy
Movie • 1989
Himself
Portrait or Bust
Movie • 1994
Himself (uncredited)
An Artist's Story
Movie • 1974
Himself - Presenter
David Lean: A Life in Film
Movie • 1985
Narrator
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Movie • 1994
Self
Ingmar Bergman at 60
Movie • 1978
Host
Countertenors
Movie • 1999
Presenter
R.E.M.
Movie • 2002
Presenter
Whose Doctor Who
Movie • 1977
Presenter
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Movie • 1997
Self
Roy Lichtenstein
Movie • 1991
Himself
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Movie • 2002
Himself (Presenter)
Emir Kusturica
Movie • 2000
Himself (Presenter)
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Movie • 2013
Himself - Presenter
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Movie • 1988
Self
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Movie • 1979
Self
Laurence Olivier: a life
Movie • 1982
Self (Interviewer )
Sweet William
Movie • 1980
Self
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
Movie • 1989
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Movie • 1983
Narrator
The Adventure of English
TV • 2003
Believe Nothing
TV • 2002
Self
The South Bank Show
TV • 1978
Self - Presenter
Norbert Smith – a Life
TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV • 2007
Self
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
TV • 2008
Plunder
TV • 1990
The Garden Party
TV • 1998
Reel History of Britain
TV • 2011
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
2nd House
TV • 1973
Himself - Host
2nd House
TV • 1973
Himself - Presenter
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV • 1988
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self