Melvyn Bragg
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 6, 1939 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- 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
Norbert Smith – a Life
TV · 1 ep
Art Matters
Movie · as Self
David Hockney: A Celebration
Movie · as Self
David Hockney: In Normandy
Movie · as self
David Hockney: In London
Movie · as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Movie · as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
Movie · as Self
Muse of Fire
Movie · as Self
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Movie · as Himself - Presenter
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Movie · as Host/Narrator
Reel History of Britain
TV · 20 eps
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Movie · as Narrator
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
TV · 4 eps
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Movie · as Himself
The Adventure of English
TV · 8 eps
R.E.M.
Movie · as Presenter
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Movie · as Himself (Presenter)
Believe Nothing
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Emir Kusturica
Movie · as Himself (Presenter)
Countertenors
Movie · as Presenter
Blur - The South Bank Show 1999
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Movie · as Self
The Garden Party
TV · 1 ep
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Movie · as Self
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Movie · as Self/Narrator
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Movie · as Interviewer
Portrait or Bust
Movie · as Himself (uncredited)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Movie · as Self
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Bernard and the Genie
Movie · as Himself
Roy Lichtenstein
Movie · as Himself
Vivienne Westwood
Movie · as Self
Plunder
TV · 1 ep
Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Norbert Smith: A Life
Movie · as Interviewer
The Tall Guy
Movie · as Himself
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
Movie
Hockney at the Tate
Movie · as Self
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Movie · as Presenter
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Movie · as Self
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Comic Relief
TV · 2 eps
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Movie · as Presenter
Executive Stress
TV · as Melvyn Bragg · 1 ep
Francis Bacon
Movie
David Lean: A Life in Film
Movie · as Narrator
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Movie · as Narrator
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Movie · as Self (Interviewer )
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Movie · as Presenter
Sweet William
Movie · as Self
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Movie · as Self
Ingmar Bergman at 60
Movie · as Host
The South Bank Show
TV · as Self - Presenter · 776 eps
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Whose Doctor Who
Movie · as Presenter
The Lively Arts
TV · as Presenter · 1 ep
An Artist's Story
Movie · as Himself - Presenter
2nd House
TV · as Himself - Host, Himself - Presenter
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep