Name
Melvyn Bragg
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-10-06 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Carlisle, UK
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 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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- 1988 Hockney at the Tate as Self
- 1989 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
- 1985 Francis Bacon
- 2013 The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene as Self
- 1990 Vivienne Westwood as Self
- 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
- 2024 Art Matters as Self
- 1992 The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper as Self - Presenter
- 2013 Muse of Fire as Self
- 2009 Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out as Narrator
- 1998 Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams as Self
- 1981 Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree as Presenter
- 1988 Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' as Presenter
- 2011 John Steinbeck: Voice of America as Host/Narrator
- 1994 An Interview with Dennis Potter as Interviewer
- 1989 The Tall Guy as Himself
- 1994 Portrait or Bust as Himself (uncredited)
- 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
- 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 Who: The Kids Are Alright as Self
- 1982 Laurence Olivier: A Life as Self (Interviewer )
- 1980 Sweet William as Self
- 1989 A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
- 1983 David Hockney: Joiner Photographs as Narrator
- 1997 Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid as Self/Narrator
- 2003 The Adventure of English ( 8 episodes )
- 2002 Believe Nothing ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 The South Bank Show ( 776 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- Soon Norbert Smith – a Life ( 1 episode )
- 2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2008 Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain ( 4 episodes )
- 1990 Plunder ( 1 episode )
- 1998 The Garden Party ( 1 episode )
- 2011 Reel History of Britain ( 20 episodes )
- 1978 An Audience with... ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1973 2nd House ( 0 episode ) as Himself - Host
- 1973 2nd House ( 33 episodes ) as Himself - Presenter
- 1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 Have I Got News for You ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 The Lively Arts ( 1 episode ) as Presenter
- 1996 TFI Friday ( 1 episode )
