Melvyn Bragg
Birthday
1939/10/06 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Carlisle, UK
Also know as
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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 with ITV as editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010), 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 pr...Read more
Acting
(1988) Hockney at the Tate
as Self
(1985) From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985
as Self - Presenter
(1989) Sir Norbert Smith: A Life
as Interviewer
(2023) David Hockney: A Celebration
as Self
(2023) David Hockney: In Normandy
as self
(2023) David Hockney: In London
as Self
(2013) The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
as Self
(1988) Francis Bacon
as ---
(1990) Vivienne Westwood
as Self
(1992) The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
as Host
(2003) Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Himself
(1991) Bernard and the Genie
as Himself
(1987) J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
as Presenter
(2016) Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
(1986) The South Bank Show: John Cleese
as ---
(1991) The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam
as ---
(2006) The South Bank Show: Spamalot
as ---
(2024) Art Matters
as Self
(1992) The Making of Sgt. Pepper
as Self - Presenter
(2013) Muse of Fire
as Self
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
as Narrator
(1998) Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
as Self
(1992) The South Bank Show: Terence Davies
as Interviewer
(1981) Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
as Presenter
(1988) Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
as Presenter
(1993) The South Bank Show: Ken Loach
as Presenter
(2011) John Steinbeck: Voice of America
as Host/Narrator
(1981) The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Self - Presenter
(1994) An Interview with Dennis Potter
as Interviewer
(1989) The Tall Guy
as Himself
(1981) The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse
as Self
(1980) The South Bank Show: William Golding
as Host
(1994) Portrait or Bust
as Himself (uncredited)
(1986) The South Bank Show: Michael Powell
as Host
(1974) An Artist's Story
as Himself - Presenter
(1985) David Lean: A Life in Film
as Narrator
(1994) Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self
(1978) Ingmar Bergman at 60
as Host
(1999) Countertenors
as Presenter
(2002) R.E.M.
as Presenter
(1980) The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski
as Host
(1983) The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
as Host
(1977) Whose Doctor Who
as Presenter
(1997) Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
as Self
(1991) Roy Lichtenstein
as Himself
(2002) Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
as Himself (Presenter)
(2000) Emir Kusturica
as Himself (Presenter)
(2013) The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
as Himself - Presenter
(1988) In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
(1979) The Kids Are Alright
as ---
(2003) The Adventure of English
as ---
(2002) Believe Nothing
as Self
(1978) The South Bank Show
as Self - Presenter
Norbert Smith – a Life
as ---
(2007) The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
(2008) Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
as ---
(1990) Plunder
as ---
(1998) The Garden Party
as ---
(2011) Reel History of Britain
as ---
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1973) 2nd House
as Himself - Presenter
(1973) 2nd House
as Himself - Host
(1988) The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self