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Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg
  • Name: Melvyn Bragg
  • Birthday: 1939-10-06
  • Place of birth: Carlisle, UK
  • Popularity: 1.855
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... Read More

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Art Matters   as  Self 2024-07-24
David Hockney: In London   as  Self 2023-08-29
David Hockney: In Normandy   as  self 2023-08-28
David Hockney: A Celebration   as  Self 2023-08-28
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach   as  Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show 2016-06-30
Muse of Fire   as  Self 2013-09-26
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England   as  Himself - Presenter 2013-06-06
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene   as  Self 2013-06-05
John Steinbeck: Voice of America   as  Host/Narrator 2011-11-22
The South Bank Show: Spamalot 2006-10-15
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher   as  Himself 2003-12-29
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema   as  Himself (Presenter) 2002-06-30
R.E.M.   as  Presenter 2002-05-09
Emir Kusturica   as  Himself (Presenter) 2000-03-12
Countertenors   as  Presenter 1999-12-19
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams   as  Self 1998-07-19
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees   as  Self 1997-01-13
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage   as  Self 1994-12-19
An Interview with Dennis Potter   as  Interviewer 1994-11-19
Portrait or Bust   as  Himself (uncredited) 1994-04-04
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach   as  Presenter 1993-10-03
The Making of Sgt. Pepper   as  Self - Presenter 1992-06-14
The South Bank Show: Terence Davies   as  Interviewer 1992-04-05
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward   as  Host 1992-03-01
Bernard and the Genie   as  Himself 1991-11-23
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam 1991-10-06
Roy Lichtenstein   as  Himself 1991-01-02
Vivienne Westwood   as  Self 1990-04-08
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life   as  Interviewer 1989-11-03
The Tall Guy   as  Himself 1989-02-01
Hockney at the Tate   as  Self 1988-10-30
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton   as  Self 1988-09-20
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'   as  Presenter 1988-01-17
Francis Bacon 1988-01-01
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate   as  Presenter 1987-01-01
The South Bank Show: Michael Powell   as  Host 1986-10-16
The South Bank Show: John Cleese 1986-01-12
From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985   as  Self - Presenter 1985-03-31
David Lean: A Life in Film   as  Narrator 1985-01-01
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'   as  Host 1983-02-27
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree   as  Presenter 1981-05-03
The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse   as  Self 1981-03-08
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman   as  Self - Presenter 1981-01-01
The South Bank Show: William Golding   as  Host 1980-11-16
The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski   as  Host 1980-05-25
The Kids Are Alright 1979-06-15
Ingmar Bergman at 60   as  Host 1978-07-08
Whose Doctor Who   as  Presenter 1977-04-03
An Artist's Story   as  Himself - Presenter 1974-02-02