Melvyn Bragg
Acting
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Acting Credits
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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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Art Matters
2024
as Self
David Hockney: A Celebration
2023
as Self
David Hockney: In Normandy
2023
as self
David Hockney: In London
2023
as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
2013
as Self
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
2013
as Himself - Presenter
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
2011
as Host/Narrator
Reel History of Britain
2011
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
2009
as Narrator
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
as Himself
The Adventure of English
2003
R.E.M.
2002
as Presenter
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
2002
as Himself (Presenter)
Believe Nothing
2002
as Self
Emir Kusturica
2000
as Himself (Presenter)
Countertenors
1999
as Presenter
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
1998
as Self
The Garden Party
1998
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
1997
as Self
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
1997
as Self/Narrator
TFI Friday
1996
An Interview with Dennis Potter
1994
as Interviewer
Portrait or Bust
1994
as Himself (uncredited)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Self
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
as Self - Presenter
Bernard and the Genie
1991
as Himself
Roy Lichtenstein
1991
as Himself
Vivienne Westwood
1990
as Self
Plunder
1990
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Norbert Smith: A Life
1989
as Interviewer
The Tall Guy
1989
as Himself
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989
Hockney at the Tate
1988
as Self
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
as Presenter
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
as Self
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Self
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
1987
as Presenter
Francis Bacon
1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
as Narrator
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
1983
as Narrator
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982
as Self (Interviewer )
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
1981
as Presenter
Sweet William
1980
as Self
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979
as Self
Ingmar Bergman at 60
1978
as Host
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self - Presenter
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Whose Doctor Who
1977
as Presenter
The Lively Arts
1976
as Presenter
An Artist's Story
1974
as Himself - Presenter
2nd House
1973
as Himself - Host
2nd House
1973
as Himself - Presenter
Great Performances
1971
as Self