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 with ITV as editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010), 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
Credits
- 2016 · Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2011 · Reel History of Britain as
- 2008 · Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain as
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2003 · Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher as Himself
- 2003 · The Adventure of English as
- 2002 · Believe Nothing as Self
- 1998 · The Garden Party as
- 1997 · Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees as Self
- 1994 · Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage as Self
- 1992 · The Making of Sgt. Pepper as Self - Presenter
- 1991 · Bernard and the Genie as Himself
- 1991 · The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam as
- 1990 · Plunder as
- 1989 · Sir Norbert Smith, a Life as Interviewer
- 1989 · The Tall Guy as Himself
- 1988 · Hockney at the Tate as Self
- 1988 · In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Self
- 1985 · David Lean: A Life in Film as Narrator
- 1983 · The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' as Host
- 1979 · The Kids Are Alright as
- 1978 · Ingmar Bergman at 60 as Host
- 1978 · The South Bank Show as Self - Presenter
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · Whose Doctor Who as Presenter
- 1974 · An Artist's Story as Himself - Presenter
- 1973 · 2nd House as Himself - Presenter
- 1973 · 2nd House as Himself - Host
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- Future · Norbert Smith – a Life as
- 2024 · Art Matters as Self
- 2023 · David Hockney: In London as Self
- 2023 · David Hockney: In Normandy as self
- 2023 · David Hockney: A Celebration as Self
- 2013 · The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England as Himself - Presenter
- 2013 · The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene as Self
- 2011 · John Steinbeck: Voice of America as Host/Narrator
- 2006 · The South Bank Show: Spamalot as
- 2002 · Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema as Himself (Presenter)
- 2002 · R.E.M. as Presenter
- 2000 · Emir Kusturica as Himself (Presenter)
- 1999 · Countertenors as Presenter
- 1998 · Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams as Self
- 1994 · An Interview with Dennis Potter as Interviewer
- 1994 · Portrait or Bust as Himself (uncredited)
- 1993 · The South Bank Show: Ken Loach as Presenter
- 1992 · The South Bank Show: Terence Davies as Interviewer
- 1992 · The South Bank Show: Noël Coward as Host
- 1991 · Roy Lichtenstein as Himself
- 1990 · Vivienne Westwood as Self
- 1988 · Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' as Presenter
- 1988 · Francis Bacon as
- 1987 · J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate as Presenter
- 1986 · The South Bank Show: Michael Powell as Host
- 1986 · The South Bank Show: John Cleese as
- 1985 · From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985 as Self - Presenter
- 1981 · Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree as Presenter
- 1981 · The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse as Self
- 1981 · The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman as Self - Presenter
- 1980 · The South Bank Show: William Golding as Host
- 1980 · The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski as Host
- Future · Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out as Narrator