Melvyn Bragg

Known for: Acting
Born: October 6, 1939, Carlisle, UK
Movies: 55

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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Best-Known Movies

7.1

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973

5.7

The Tall Guy

1989

6.3

Play Dirty

1969

6.5

The Music Lovers

1971

7.3

The Who: The Kids Are Alright

1979

6.2

Isadora

1968

7.3

Bernard and the Genie

1991

6.6

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2016

7.6

The Debussy Film

1965

6.5

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

1989

Filmography

2024	Art Matters	Self
2023	David Hockney: In London	Self
2023	David Hockney: A Celebration	Self
2023	David Hockney: In Normandy	self
2016	Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach	Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
2013	Muse of Fire	Self
2013	The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England	Himself - Presenter
2013	The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene	Self
2011	John Steinbeck: Voice of America	Host/Narrator
2009	Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out	Narrator
2003	Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher	Himself
2002	Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema	Himself (Presenter)
2002	R.E.M.	Presenter
2000	Emir Kusturica	Himself (Presenter)
1999	Countertenors	Presenter
1998	Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams	Self
1997	Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees	Self
1997	Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid	Self/Narrator
1994	Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage	Self
1994	An Interview with Dennis Potter	Interviewer
1994	Portrait or Bust	Himself (uncredited)
1992	The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper	Self - Presenter
1991	Bernard and the Genie	Himself
1991	Roy Lichtenstein	Himself
1990	Vivienne Westwood	Self
1989	Norbert Smith: A Life	Interviewer
1989	A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989	The Tall Guy	Himself
1988	Hockney at the Tate	Self
1988	In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton	Self
1988	Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'	Presenter
1987	J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate	Presenter
1985	Francis Bacon
1985	David Lean: A Life in Film	Narrator
1983	David Hockney: Joiner Photographs	Narrator
1982	Laurence Olivier: A Life	Self (Interviewer )
1981	Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree	Presenter
1980	Sweet William	Self
1979	The Who: The Kids Are Alright	Self
1978	Ingmar Bergman at 60	Host
1977	Whose Doctor Who	Presenter
1974	An Artist's Story	Himself - Presenter

Directing, Writing & Producing

2013	The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England	Writer
2009	Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out	Writer
1996	No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich	Director
1988	Ken Russell's ABC of British Music	Producer
1973	Jesus Christ Superstar	Screenplay
1972	Zinotchka	Writer
1971	The Music Lovers	Screenplay
1969	Play Dirty	Screenplay
1968	Isadora	Screenplay
1966	Familiar Spirits	Producer
1965	Always on Sunday	Writer
1965	The Debussy Film	Screenplay
1965	JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli	Director

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