Melvyn Bragg
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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.
Known for
Credits
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out (2009)
as Narrator
The Tall Guy (1989)
as Himself
Laurence Olivier: a life (1982)
as Self (Interviewer )
The Who: The Kids Are Alright (1979)
as Self
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Norbert Smith: A Life (1989)
as Interviewer
An Artist's Story (1974)
as Himself - Presenter
Emir Kusturica (2000)
as Himself (Presenter)
David Hockney: In Normandy (2023)
as self
David Hockney: A Celebration (2023)
as Self
Ingmar Bergman at 60 (1978)
as Host
David Hockney: In London (2023)
as Self
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs (1983)
as Narrator
Bernard and the Genie (1991)
as Himself
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1992)
as Self - Presenter
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema (2002)
as Himself (Presenter)
Sweet William (1980)
as Self
Countertenors (1999)
as Presenter
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
as Self
Portrait or Bust (1994)
as Himself (uncredited)
Whose Doctor Who (1977)
as Presenter
Art Matters (2024)
as Self
Vivienne Westwood (1990)
as Self
Hockney at the Tate (1988)
as Self
David Lean: A Life in Film (1985)
as Narrator
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' (1988)
as Presenter
Roy Lichtenstein (1991)
as Himself
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid (1997)
as Self/Narrator
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible (1989)
Actor
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Self
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate (1987)
as Presenter
John Steinbeck: Voice of America (2011)
as Host/Narrator
An Interview with Dennis Potter (1994)
as Interviewer
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)
as Himself
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England (2013)
as Himself - Presenter
R.E.M. (2002)
as Presenter
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene (2013)
as Self
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees (1997)
as Self
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree (1981)
as Presenter
Francis Bacon (1985)
Actor
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams (1998)
as Self