Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 06, 1939
Place of Birth
Carlisle, UK
Credits
81 titles
Melvyn Bragg
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
Art Matters
Self
David Hockney: In London
Self
David Hockney: In Normandy
self
David Hockney: A Celebration
Self
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
Executive Producer
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
Muse of Fire
Self
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Himself - Presenter
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
Self
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Host/Narrator
Reel History of Britain
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Narrator
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Executive Producer
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Himself
The Adventure of English
Believe Nothing
Self
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Himself (Presenter)
R.E.M.
Presenter
Emir Kusturica
Himself (Presenter)
Countertenors
Presenter
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Self
The Garden Party
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Self
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Self/Narrator
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
Director
TFI Friday
Johnny and the Dead
Executive Producer
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Interviewer
Portrait or Bust
Himself (uncredited)
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Editor
Naked Making Lunch
Presenter
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Self - Presenter
A Time to Dance
Writer
Bernard and the Genie
Himself
Roy Lichtenstein
Himself
Have I Got News for You
Self
Vivienne Westwood
Self
Plunder
Norbert Smith: A Life
Interviewer
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Editor
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
The Tall Guy
Himself
Hockney at the Tate
Self
Toulouse-Lautrec
Presenter
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Producer
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Presenter