Birthday: Oct 06, 1939
Place of Birth: Carlisle, UK

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.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Hockney at the Tate	Self	1988
From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985	Self - Presenter	1985
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life	Interviewer	1989
David Hockney: A Celebration	Self	2023
David Hockney: In Normandy	self	2023
David Hockney: In London	Self	2023
Francis Bacon		1988
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene	Self	2013
Vivienne Westwood	Self	1990
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward	Host	1992
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher	Himself	2003
Bernard and the Genie	Himself	1991
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate	Presenter	1987
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach	Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show	2016
The South Bank Show: John Cleese		1986
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam		1991
The South Bank Show: Spamalot		2006
Art Matters	Self	2024
The Making of Sgt. Pepper	Self - Presenter	1992
Muse of Fire	Self	2013
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out	Narrator	1970
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams	Self	1998
The South Bank Show: Terence Davies	Interviewer	1992
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree	Presenter	1981
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'	Presenter	1988
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach	Presenter	1993
John Steinbeck: Voice of America	Host/Narrator	2011
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman	Self - Presenter	1981
An Interview with Dennis Potter	Interviewer	1994
The Tall Guy	Himself	1989
The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse	Self	1981
The South Bank Show: William Golding	Host	1980
Portrait or Bust	Himself (uncredited)	1994
The South Bank Show: Michael Powell	Host	1986
An Artist's Story	Himself - Presenter	1974
David Lean: A Life in Film	Narrator	1985
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage	Self	1994
Ingmar Bergman at 60	Host	1978
Countertenors	Presenter	1999
R.E.M.	Presenter	2002
The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski	Host	1980
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'	Host	1983
Whose Doctor Who	Presenter	1977
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees	Self	1997
Roy Lichtenstein	Himself	1991
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema	Himself (Presenter)	2002
Emir Kusturica	Himself (Presenter)	2000
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England	Himself - Presenter	2013
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton	Self	1988
The Kids Are Alright		1979
Series	Cast	Year
The Adventure of English		2003
Believe Nothing	Self	2002
The South Bank Show	Self - Presenter	1978
Norbert Smith – a Life		1970
The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	2007
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain		2008
Plunder		1990
The Garden Party		1998
Reel History of Britain		2011
An Audience with...	Self	1978
2nd House	Himself - Presenter	1973
2nd House	Himself - Host	1973
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers	Self	1988
Great Performances	Self	1971

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