Melvyn Bragg
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvyn Bragg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
KNOWN FOR
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Adventure of English
8.2
Believe Nothing
6.7
The South Bank Show
5.6
Norbert Smith – a Life
8
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
3.7
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
0
Plunder
0
The Garden Party
0
Reel History of Britain
6
An Audience with...
5.3
2nd House
7
2nd House
7
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
0
Great Performances
5.3
Movies
Hockney at the Tate
0
From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985
0
Sir Norbert Smith: A Life
7
David Hockney: A Celebration
0
David Hockney: In Normandy
0
David Hockney: In London
0
Francis Bacon
6
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
0
Vivienne Westwood
0
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
0
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
6
Bernard and the Genie
7.268
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
0
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
6.647
The South Bank Show: John Cleese
0
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam
0
The South Bank Show: Spamalot
0
Art Matters
10
The Making of Sgt. Pepper
7.167
Muse of Fire
6.5
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
0
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
7
The South Bank Show: Terence Davies
0
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
0
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
0
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach
6
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
0
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman
0
An Interview with Dennis Potter
0
The Tall Guy
5.8
The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse
0
The South Bank Show: William Golding
0
Portrait or Bust
0
The South Bank Show: Michael Powell
0
An Artist's Story
0
David Lean: A Life in Film
6
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
0
Ingmar Bergman at 60
0
Countertenors
0
R.E.M.
0.5
The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski
0
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
0
Whose Doctor Who
2
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
9
Roy Lichtenstein
6
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
0
Emir Kusturica
0
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
9
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
6
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
7.3
Laurence Olivier: a life
10