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Personal Info

Known Credits 50

Gender Male

Birthdate 1939-10-06 (86 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Carlisle, UK

Also Known For

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 pr ...

Known For

Art Matters

David Hockney: In London

David Hockney: In Normandy

David Hockney: A Celebration

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

Acting

2024 -- Art Matters | Self

2023 -- David Hockney: In London | Self

2023 -- David Hockney: In Normandy | self

2023 -- David Hockney: A Celebration | Self

2016 -- Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show

2013 -- Muse of Fire | Self

2013 -- The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England | Himself - Presenter

2013 -- The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene | Self

2011 -- John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Host/Narrator

2006 -- The South Bank Show: Spamalot |

2003 -- Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Himself

2002 -- Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema | Himself (Presenter)

2002 -- R.E.M. | Presenter

2000 -- Emir Kusturica | Himself (Presenter)

1999 -- Countertenors | Presenter

1998 -- Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams | Self

1997 -- Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees | Self

1994 -- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Self

1994 -- An Interview with Dennis Potter | Interviewer

1994 -- Portrait or Bust | Himself (uncredited)

1993 -- The South Bank Show: Ken Loach | Presenter

1992 -- The Making of Sgt. Pepper | Self - Presenter

1992 -- The South Bank Show: Terence Davies | Interviewer

1992 -- The South Bank Show: Noël Coward | Host

1991 -- Bernard and the Genie | Himself

1991 -- The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam |

1991 -- Roy Lichtenstein | Himself

1990 -- Vivienne Westwood | Self

1989 -- Sir Norbert Smith, a Life | Interviewer

1989 -- The Tall Guy | Himself

1988 -- Hockney at the Tate | Self

1988 -- In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self

1988 -- Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' | Presenter

1988 -- Francis Bacon |

1987 -- J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate | Presenter

1986 -- The South Bank Show: Michael Powell | Host

1986 -- The South Bank Show: John Cleese |

1985 -- From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985 | Self - Presenter

1985 -- David Lean: A Life in Film | Narrator

1983 -- The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' | Host

1981 -- Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree | Presenter

1981 -- The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse | Self

1981 -- The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman | Self - Presenter

1980 -- The South Bank Show: William Golding | Host

1980 -- The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski | Host

1979 -- The Kids Are Alright |

1978 -- Ingmar Bergman at 60 | Host

1977 -- Whose Doctor Who | Presenter

1974 -- An Artist's Story | Himself - Presenter