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