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