Melvyn Bragg
Acting
Born 1939-10-06
Carlisle, UK
81 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
41 credits
Great Performances
Have I Got News for You
The South Bank Show
An Audience with...
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Believe Nothing
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
The Tall Guy
2nd House
Muse of Fire
The Lively Arts
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Sweet William
Isadora
Countertenors
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Orion
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Bernard and the Genie
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Naked Making Lunch
Whose Doctor Who
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Emir Kusturica
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
David Lean: A Life in Film
Norbert Smith: A Life
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
The Debussy Film
Toulouse-Lautrec
Always on Sunday
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
David Hockney: A Celebration
David Hockney: In Normandy
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Vivienne Westwood
An Artist's Story
Art Matters
Writing
13 credits
The South Bank Show
Jesus Christ Superstar
Play Dirty
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
A Time to Dance
Clouds of Glory
The Music Lovers
Isadora
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Zinotchka
The Debussy Film
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
Always on Sunday
Other credits
12 credits
TFI Friday
The Garden Party
Plunder
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Reel History of Britain
The Adventure of English
Norbert Smith – a Life
Toulouse-Lautrec
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Producing
4 credits
Johnny and the Dead
Familiar Spirits
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
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