Melvyn Bragg
Actor
Born October 6, 1939 in 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.
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
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
Muse of Fire
Self
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Himself - Presenter
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Host/Narrator
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Himself
The Adventure of English
Believe Nothing
Self
R.E.M.
Presenter
Countertenors
Presenter
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Self
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
Johnny and the Dead
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Interviewer
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Naked Making Lunch
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Self - Presenter
A Time to Dance
Bernard and the Genie
Himself
Roy Lichtenstein
Himself
Have I Got News for You
Self
Vivienne Westwood
Self
Norbert Smith: A Life
Interviewer
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
The Tall Guy
Himself
Hockney at the Tate
Self
Toulouse-Lautrec
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
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
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self (Interviewer )
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Sweet William
Self
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Self
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Ingmar Bergman at 60
Host
The South Bank Show
Self - Presenter
An Audience with...
Self
Orion
Whose Doctor Who
Presenter
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Music Lovers
Great Performances
Self
Play Dirty
Isadora
Familiar Spirits
Always on Sunday
The Debussy Film
JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli