
Cast
Melvyn Bragg
Acting
Cast
Melvyn Bragg
Known for
Acting
Born
1939-10-06
From
Carlisle, UK
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 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.

Muse of Fire
as Self

Norbert Smith: A Life
as Interviewer

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self

The Tall Guy
as Himself

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Himself

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self

Bernard and the Genie
as Himself

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
as Self - Presenter

The Who: The Kids Are Alright
as Self

Sweet William
as Self

The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
as Himself - Presenter

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
as Self/Narrator

Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
as Self

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

Art Matters
as Self

David Hockney: In London
as Self

David Hockney: A Celebration
as Self

David Lean: A Life in Film
as Narrator

An Artist's Story
as Himself - Presenter

Hockney at the Tate
as Self

Whose Doctor Who
as Presenter

David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
as Narrator

Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self (Interviewer )

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
as Presenter

Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
as Narrator

An Interview with Dennis Potter
as Interviewer

Emir Kusturica
as Himself (Presenter)

Ingmar Bergman at 60
as Host

Roy Lichtenstein
as Himself

Francis Bacon

David Hockney: In Normandy
as self

Vivienne Westwood
as Self

Portrait or Bust
as Himself (uncredited)

Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
as Presenter

R.E.M.
as Presenter

J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
as Presenter

Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
as Self

Countertenors
as Presenter

Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
as Himself (Presenter)

John Steinbeck: Voice of America
as Host/Narrator

The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
as Self