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Melvyn Bragg
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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 un…
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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.
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Melvyn Bragg's Filmography
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Art Matters
as Self
David Hockney: In London
as Self
David Hockney: In Normandy
as self
David Hockney: A Celebration
as Self
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
Muse of Fire
as Self
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
as Himself - Presenter
No Poster
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
as Self
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
as Host/Narrator
No Poster
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
as Narrator
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Himself
No Poster
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
as Himself (Presenter)
R.E.M.
as Presenter
No Poster
Emir Kusturica
as Himself (Presenter)
Countertenors
as Presenter
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
as Self
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
as Self
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
as Self/Narrator
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self
An Interview with Dennis Potter
as Interviewer
No Poster
Portrait or Bust
as Himself (uncredited)
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
as Self - Presenter
Bernard and the Genie
as Himself
Roy Lichtenstein
as Himself
Vivienne Westwood
as Self
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Interviewer
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
The Tall Guy
as Himself
Hockney at the Tate
as Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
as Presenter
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
as Presenter
Francis Bacon
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Narrator
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
as Narrator
Laurence Olivier: A Life
as Self (Interviewer )
No Poster
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
as Presenter
Sweet William
as Self
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
as Self
Ingmar Bergman at 60
as Host
Whose Doctor Who
as Presenter
No Poster
An Artist's Story
as Himself - Presenter