Melvyn Bragg
Acting
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.
TV Shows(14)
Reel History of Britain
2011
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
The Adventure of English
2003
Believe Nothing
Self
2002
The Garden Party
1998
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Plunder
1990
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Self
1988
The South Bank Show
Self - Presenter
1978
An Audience with...
Self
1978
2nd House
Himself - Host
1973
Great Performances
Self
1971
Norbert Smith – a Life
Movies(42)
Art Matters
Self
2024
David Hockney: In London
Self
2023
David Hockney: A Celebration
Self
2023
David Hockney: In Normandy
self
2023
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
2016
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Himself - Presenter
2013
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
Self
2013
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Host/Narrator
2011
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Narrator
2009
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Himself
2003
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Himself (Presenter)
2002
R.E.M.
Presenter
2002
Emir Kusturica
Himself (Presenter)
2000
Countertenors
Presenter
1999
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Self
1998
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Self
1997
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Self/Narrator
1997
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self
1994
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Interviewer
1994
Portrait or Bust
Himself (uncredited)
1994
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Self - Presenter
1992
Bernard and the Genie
Himself
1991
Roy Lichtenstein
Himself
1991
Vivienne Westwood
Self
1990
Norbert Smith: A Life
Interviewer
1989
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989
The Tall Guy
Himself
1989
Hockney at the Tate
Self
1988
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
1988
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Presenter
1988
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Presenter
1987
Francis Bacon
1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
Narrator
1985
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Narrator
1983
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self (Interviewer )
1982
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Presenter
1981
Sweet William
Self
1980
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Self
1979
Ingmar Bergman at 60
Host
1978
Whose Doctor Who
Presenter
1977
An Artist's Story
Himself - Presenter
1974