Melvyn Bragg
Acting
- Born:
- 1939-10-06
- Place of birth:
- Carlisle, UK
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
David Hockney: In London
David Hockney: A Celebration
David Hockney: In Normandy
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Muse of Fire
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Reel History of Britain
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Parkinson
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
The Adventure of English
Believe Nothing
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
R.E.M.
Emir Kusturica
Countertenors
Blur - The South Bank Show 1999
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
The Garden Party
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
TFI Friday
Johnny and the Dead
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Portrait or Bust
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Naked Making Lunch
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
A Time to Dance
Bernard and the Genie
Roy Lichtenstein
Have I Got News for You
Vivienne Westwood
Plunder
Norbert Smith: A Life
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
The Tall Guy
Hockney at the Tate
Toulouse-Lautrec
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Comic Relief
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Executive Stress
Francis Bacon
David Lean: A Life in Film
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Laurence Olivier: A Life