
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

The Tall Guy (1989)
as Himself
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out (2009)
as Narrator

Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self

David Hockney: Joiner Photographs (1983)
as Narrator

Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982)
as Self (Interviewer )

David Hockney: A Celebration (2023)
as Self

The Who: The Kids Are Alright (1979)
as Self

David Hockney: In Normandy (2023)
as self

David Hockney: In London (2023)
as Self

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
as Self

Hockney at the Tate (1988)
as Self

Ingmar Bergman at 60 (1978)
as Host

Sweet William (1980)
as Self

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Self

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
Blur - The South Bank Show 1999 (1999)
as Self - Presenter

Whose Doctor Who (1977)
as Presenter

Countertenors (1999)
as Presenter
Emir Kusturica (2000)
as Himself (Presenter)

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1992)
as Self - Presenter

Bernard and the Genie (1991)
as Himself

An Interview with Dennis Potter (1994)
as Interviewer

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)
as Himself

Norbert Smith: A Life (1989)
as Interviewer

R.E.M. (2002)
as Presenter

The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England (2013)
as Himself - Presenter

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' (1988)
as Presenter

David Lean: A Life in Film (1985)
as Narrator

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid (1997)
as Self/Narrator

Art Matters (2024)
as Self

Vivienne Westwood (1990)
as Self
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree (1981)
as Presenter

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible (1989)
Actor

Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees (1997)
as Self

J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate (1987)
as Presenter
An Artist's Story (1974)
as Himself - Presenter
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema (2002)
as Himself (Presenter)

John Steinbeck: Voice of America (2011)
as Host/Narrator

Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams (1998)
as Self
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene (2013)
as Self
Portrait or Bust (1994)
as Himself (uncredited)

Roy Lichtenstein (1991)
as Himself

Francis Bacon (1985)
Actor



