Melvyn Bragg

Known for ActingBorn 1939-10-06 (age 86)Carlisle, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Art Matters

An Interview with Dennis Potter

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Laurence Olivier: A Life

Orion

The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Hockney at the Tate

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical

The Adventure of English

Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

Norbert Smith: A Life

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

The Debussy Film

Naked Making Lunch

Bernard and the Genie

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

Have I Got News for You

The Who: The Kids Are Alright

TFI Friday

Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams

Monitor

Jesus Christ Superstar

Believe Nothing

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2nd House

Muse of Fire

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

Roy Lichtenstein

Johnny and the Dead

The Music Lovers

Always on Sunday

Reel History of Britain

Francis Bacon

Play Dirty

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

Isadora

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

David Lean: A Life in Film

Great Performances

The Tall Guy

The South Bank Show

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

An Audience with...