Melvyn Bragg
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-10-06
Place of Birth
Carlisle, UK
Melvyn Bragg
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 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.
Also Known For
Hockney at the Tate
Oct 30, 1988
From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985
Mar 31, 1985
Norbert Smith: A Life
Nov 03, 1989
David Hockney: A Celebration
Aug 28, 2023
David Hockney: In Normandy
Aug 28, 2023
David Hockney: In London
Aug 29, 2023
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
Jun 05, 2013
Francis Bacon
Jan 01, 1988
Vivienne Westwood
Apr 08, 1990
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
Mar 01, 1992
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Dec 29, 2003
Bernard and the Genie
Nov 23, 1991
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Jan 01, 1987
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Jun 30, 2016
The South Bank Show: John Cleese
Jan 12, 1986
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam
Oct 06, 1991
The South Bank Show: Spamalot
Oct 15, 2006
Art Matters
Jul 24, 2024
The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Jun 14, 1992
Muse of Fire
Sep 26, 2013
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Jul 19, 1998
The South Bank Show: Terence Davies
Apr 05, 1992
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
May 03, 1981
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Jan 17, 1988
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach
Oct 03, 1993
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Nov 22, 2011
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman
Jan 01, 1981
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Nov 19, 1994
The Tall Guy
Feb 01, 1989
The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse
Mar 08, 1981
The South Bank Show: William Golding
Nov 16, 1980
Portrait or Bust
Apr 04, 1994
The South Bank Show: Michael Powell
Oct 16, 1986
An Artist's Story
Feb 02, 1974
David Lean: A Life in Film
Jan 01, 1985
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Dec 19, 1994
Ingmar Bergman at 60
Jul 08, 1978
Countertenors
Dec 19, 1999
R.E.M.
May 09, 2002
The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski
May 25, 1980
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
Feb 27, 1983
Whose Doctor Who
Apr 03, 1977
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Jan 13, 1997
Roy Lichtenstein
Jan 02, 1991
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Jun 30, 2002
Emir Kusturica
Mar 12, 2000
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Jun 06, 2013
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Sep 20, 1988
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Jun 15, 1979
Laurence Olivier: a life
Oct 24, 1982
The Adventure of English
Nov 06, 2003
Believe Nothing
Jul 14, 2002
The South Bank Show
Jan 14, 1978
Norbert Smith – a Life
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Sep 03, 2007
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
Apr 06, 2008
Plunder
Mar 05, 1990
The Garden Party
Jul 11, 1998
Reel History of Britain
Sep 05, 2011
An Audience with...
Jan 08, 1978
2nd House
Oct 06, 1973
2nd House
Oct 06, 1973
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Jan 10, 1988
