Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg

  • Birthday: 1939-10-06
  • Place of birth: Carlisle, UK

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.

Filmography

John Steinbeck: Voice of America

2011

As Host/Narrator

An Artist's Story

1974

As Himself - Presenter

Countertenors

1999

As Presenter

R.E.M.

2002

As Presenter

Whose Doctor Who

1977

As Presenter

Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema

2002

As Himself (Presenter)

The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England

2013

As Himself - Presenter

Vivienne Westwood

1990

As Self

Sir Norbert Smith, a Life

1989

As Interviewer

Portrait or Bust

1994

As Himself (uncredited)

Roy Lichtenstein

1991

As Himself

Emir Kusturica

2000

As Himself (Presenter)

Hockney at the Tate

1988

As Self

The Making of Sgt. Pepper

1992

As Self - Presenter

Bernard and the Genie

1991

As Himself

Muse of Fire

2013

As Self

The Tall Guy

1989

As Himself

Production

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