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.
42 movies · 15 shows
Art Matters
2024·10.0
David Hockney: In London
2023·0.0
David Hockney: A Celebration
2023·0.0
David Hockney: In Normandy
2023·0.0
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016·6.6
Muse of Fire
2013·6.5
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
2013·9.0
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
2013·0.0
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
2011·0.0
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009·0.0
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003·7.5
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
2002·0.0
R.E.M.
2002·0.5
Emir Kusturica
2000·0.0
Countertenors
1999·0.0
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
1998·7.0
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
1997·9.3
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997·8.0
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994·9.0
An Interview with Dennis Potter
1994·10.0
Portrait or Bust
1994·0.0
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992·7.2
Bernard and the Genie
1991·7.3
Roy Lichtenstein
1991·6.4
Vivienne Westwood
1990·0.0
Norbert Smith: A Life
1989·8.0
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989·6.5
The Tall Guy
1989·5.7
Hockney at the Tate
1988·9.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988·6.0
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988·0.0
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
1987·0.0
Francis Bacon
1985·6.3
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985·6.0
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
1983·0.0
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982·10.0
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
1981·0.0
Sweet William
1980·4.3
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979·7.3
Ingmar Bergman at 60
1978·0.0
Whose Doctor Who
1977·2.0
An Artist's Story
1974·0.0