Melvyn Bragg
- Acting
- October 6, 1939 · 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 · Self
- David Hockney: In London · Self
- David Hockney: A Celebration · Self
- David Hockney: In Normandy · Self
- Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's · Executive producer
- Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach · Self
- Muse of Fire · Self
- The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England · Self, Writer
- The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene · Self
- John Steinbeck: Voice of America · Host/Narrator
- Reel History of Britain
- Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out · Narrator, Writer
- Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain · Creator
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show · Self
- Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic · Executive producer
- Parkinson · Self
- Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher · Self
- The Adventure of English
- Believe Nothing · Self
- Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema · Self
- R.E.M. · Presenter
- Emir Kusturica · Self
- Countertenors · Presenter
- Blur - The South Bank Show 1999 · Self
- 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 · Self
- Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary · Editing
- Naked Making Lunch · Presenter
- The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper · Self
- A Time to Dance · Writer, Novel
- Bernard and the Genie · Self
- Roy Lichtenstein · Self
- 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 · Editing
- A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
- The Tall Guy · Self
- Hockney at the Tate · Self
- Toulouse-Lautrec · Editing, Presenter
- In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton · Self
- Comic Relief
- Ken Russell's ABC of British Music · Producer
- Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' · Presenter
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers · Self
- J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate · Presenter
- Francis Bacon
- David Lean: A Life in Film · Narrator
- David Hockney: Joiner Photographs · Narrator, Editing
- Laurence Olivier: A Life · Self, Editing
- Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree · Presenter, Editing
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical · Editing
- Sweet William · Self
- The Who: The Kids Are Alright · Self
- Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures · Executive producer, Editing
- Clouds of Glory · Writer, Creator
- Ingmar Bergman at 60 · Host, Editing
- The South Bank Show · Self, Executive producer
- An Audience with... · Self
- Orion · Novel
- Whose Doctor Who · Presenter
- The Lively Arts · Presenter
- An Artist's Story · Self
- 2nd House · Self
- Jesus Christ Superstar · Screenplay
- Zinotchka · Writer
- The Music Lovers · Screenplay
- Great Performances · Self
- Play Dirty · Screenplay
- Isadora · Adaptation, Screenplay
- Familiar Spirits · Producer