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Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg

Born: 1939-10-06 • Carlisle, UK

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