Melvyn Bragg
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 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.
Movie Appearances
Hockney at the Tate
as Self
1988
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Interviewer
1989
David Hockney: A Celebration
as Self
2023
David Hockney: In London
as Self
2023
David Hockney: In Normandy
as self
2023
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
as Self
2013
Francis Bacon
1985
Vivienne Westwood
as Self
1990
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Himself
2003
Bernard and the Genie
as Himself
1991
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
as Presenter
1987
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
2016
Art Matters
as Self
2024
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
as Self - Presenter
1992
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
as Narrator
2009
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
as Self
1998
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
as Presenter
1981
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
as Presenter
1988
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
as Host/Narrator
2011
TV Appearances
The Adventure of English
2003
Believe Nothing
as Self
2002
The South Bank Show
as Self - Presenter
1978
Norbert Smith – a Life
TBA
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
2008
Plunder
1990
The Garden Party
1998
Reel History of Britain
2011
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
2nd House
as Himself - Host
1973
2nd House
as Himself - Presenter
1973