Melvyn Bragg
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
54
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-10-06 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Carlisle, UK
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 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
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
The South Bank Show
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
An Audience with...
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
The Garden Party
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Art Matters
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Roy Lichtenstein
Bernard and the Genie
The Tall Guy
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Muse of Fire
Plunder
2nd House
2nd House
Believe Nothing
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
R.E.M.
Laurence Olivier: a life
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Whose Doctor Who
David Lean: A Life in Film
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Countertenors
The Adventure of English
Sweet William
Norbert Smith – a Life
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Reel History of Britain
Norbert Smith: A Life
Portrait or Bust
An Artist's Story
Francis Bacon
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
Hockney at the Tate
David Hockney: In London
David Hockney: A Celebration
Ingmar Bergman at 60
David Hockney: In Normandy
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Emir Kusturica
Vivienne Westwood
