Melvyn Bragg
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.
56 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 56
Have I Got News for You
1990
Great Performances
1971
An Audience with...
1978
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
The South Bank Show
1978
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Plunder
1990
The Garden Party
1998
2nd House
1973
Believe Nothing
2002
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
Reel History of Britain
2011
Muse of Fire
2013
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
The Tall Guy
1989
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
1997
Bernard and the Genie
1991
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
The Adventure of English
2003
Norbert Smith: A Life
1989
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
2008
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
Norbert Smith – a Life
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The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
2013
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997
Whose Doctor Who
1977
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
1981
Sweet William
1980
An Artist's Story
1974
David Hockney: A Celebration
2023
Art Matters
2024
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
1983
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
Roy Lichtenstein
1991
Portrait or Bust
1994
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
2002
Ingmar Bergman at 60
1978
Hockney at the Tate
1988
R.E.M.
2002
Countertenors
1999
David Hockney: In London
2023
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
1998
An Interview with Dennis Potter
1994
Francis Bacon
1985
David Hockney: In Normandy
2023
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
2011
Emir Kusturica
2000
Vivienne Westwood
1990
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
2013
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
1987
