Melvyn Bragg
Acting
Born October 6, 1939 · 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 br…
Known For · 40 titles
Great Performances
Have I Got News for You
The South Bank Show
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TFI Friday
An Audience with...
The Garden Party
Plunder
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Believe Nothing
2nd House
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
The Lively Arts
Laurence Olivier: A Life
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Muse of Fire
The Tall Guy
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Reel History of Britain
David Lean: A Life in Film
Norbert Smith: A Life
Bernard and the Genie
The Adventure of English
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
David Hockney: In Normandy
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Emir Kusturica
Ingmar Bergman at 60
An Artist's Story
Sweet William
Countertenors
Whose Doctor Who
David Hockney: In London
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Hockney at the Tate
David Hockney: A Celebration
Norbert Smith – a Life