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 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 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

Great Performances

Have I Got News for You

An Audience with...

The South Bank Show

The Tall Guy

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Believe Nothing

Muse of Fire

All Movies (42)

• Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach2026 · as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
• Art Matters2024 · as Self
• David Hockney: In London2023 · as Self
• David Hockney: A Celebration2023 · as Self
• David Hockney: In Normandy2023 · as self
• Muse of Fire2013 · as Self
• The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England2013 · as Himself - Presenter
• The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene2013 · as Self
• John Steinbeck: Voice of America2011 · as Host/Narrator
• Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out2009 · as Narrator
• Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher2003 · as Himself
• Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema2002 · as Himself (Presenter)
• R.E.M.2002 · as Presenter
• Emir Kusturica2000 · as Himself (Presenter)
• Countertenors1999 · as Presenter
• Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams1998 · as Self
• Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees1997 · as Self
• Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid1997 · as Self/Narrator
• Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage1994 · as Self
• An Interview with Dennis Potter1994 · as Interviewer
• Portrait or Bust1994 · as Himself (uncredited)
• The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper1992 · as Self - Presenter
• Bernard and the Genie1991 · as Himself
• Roy Lichtenstein1991 · as Himself
• Vivienne Westwood1990 · as Self
• Norbert Smith: A Life1989 · as Interviewer
• A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible1989
• The Tall Guy1989 · as Himself
• Hockney at the Tate1988 · as Self
• In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton1988 · as Self
• Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'1988 · as Presenter
• J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate1987 · as Presenter
• Francis Bacon1985
• David Lean: A Life in Film1985 · as Narrator
• David Hockney: Joiner Photographs1983 · as Narrator
• Laurence Olivier: a life1982 · as Self (Interviewer )
• Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree1981 · as Presenter
• Sweet William1980 · as Self
• The Who: The Kids Are Alright1979 · as Self
• Ingmar Bergman at 601978 · as Host
• Whose Doctor Who1977 · as Presenter
• An Artist's Story1974 · as Himself - Presenter

All TV Shows (16)

• Reel History of Britain2011
• Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain2008
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• The Adventure of English2003
• Believe Nothing2002 · as Self
• The Garden Party1998
• Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self
• Plunder1990
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers1988 · as Self
• The South Bank Show1978 · as Self - Presenter
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• The Lively Arts1976 · as Presenter
• 2nd House1973 · as Himself - Host
• 2nd House1973 · as Himself - Presenter
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• Norbert Smith – a Life—