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Melvyn Bragg

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1939-10-06 (84 years old)

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.

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Filmography

all 97

Movies 79

self 53

TV Shows 18

Writer 10

Producer 5

Narrator 2

Melvyn Bragg

Biography

Filmography

all 97

Movies 79

self 53

TV Shows 18

Writer 10

Producer 5

Narrator 2

Director 2

David Hockney: 50 Years on Film (2023)

David Hockney: In London (2023)

David Hockney: In Normandy (2023)

David Hockney: A Celebration (2023)

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's (2017)

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)

Brilliant Creatures (2014)

Muse of Fire (2013)

The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England (2013)

The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene (2013)

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story (2013)

Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture (2012)

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (2012)

John Steinbeck: Voice of America (2011)

Reel History of Britain (2011)

The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World (2011)

John Mortimer: A Life in Words (2009)

Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain (2008)

The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)

The Muslim Jesus (2007)

Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic (2006)

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003)

The Adventure of English (2003)

Believe Nothing (2002)

Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema (2002)

R.E.M. (2002)

Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming (2002)

Emir Kusturica (2000)

Countertenors (1999)

Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams (1998)

The Garden Party (1998)

Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees (1997)

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid (1997)

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich (1996)

Johnny And The Dead (1995)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)

An Interview with Dennis Potter (1994)

Portrait or Bust (1994)

The South Bank Show: Ken Loach (1993)

Naked Making Lunch (1992)

The Making of Sgt. Pepper (1992)

The South Bank Show: Terence Davies (1992)

The South Bank Show: Noël Coward (1992)

A Time to Dance (1992)

Bernard and the Genie (1991)

Roy Lichtenstein (1991)

Vivienne Westwood (1990)

Plunder (1990)

Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (1989)

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story (1989)

A British Picture (1989)

The Tall Guy (1989)

Hockney at the Tate (1988)

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music (1988)

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' (1988)

Francis Bacon (1988)

Jackson Pollock (1987)

The South Bank Show: Michael Powell (1986)

From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985 (1985)

David Lean: A Life in Film (1985)

Marguerite Duras: Worn Out with Desire . . . to Write (1985)

David Hockney: Joiner Photographs (1983)

The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' (1983)

The Planets (1983)

Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree (1981)

The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse (1981)

The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1980)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1939-10-06 (84 years old)

Birth Place
Carlisle, United Kingdom

Spouse
Marie-Elisabeth Roche

Children
Tom Bragg, Marie-Elsa Bragg, Alice Bragg

Father
Stanley Bragg

Mother
Mary Ethel Parks

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Fellow of the British Academy, Medlicott Medal, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society, John Llewellyn Rhys Prize