Melvyn Bragg

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1939-10-06 (85 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

Actor

2024
Art Matters

as Self

2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show

2013
Muse of Fire

as Self

2013
2002
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema

as Himself (Presenter)

2002
R.E.M.

as Presenter

2002
2000
Emir Kusturica

as Himself (Presenter)

1999
Countertenors

as Presenter

1994
Portrait or Bust

as Himself (uncredited)

1992
The Making of Sgt. Pepper

as Self - Presenter

1991
1991
Roy Lichtenstein

as Himself

1990
1989
1989
The Tall Guy

as Himself

1978
The South Bank Show

as Self - Presenter

1977
Whose Doctor Who

as Presenter

1974
An Artist's Story

as Himself - Presenter

1973
2nd House

as Himself - Presenter

1973
2nd House

as Himself - Host

1971

Writer

1992
A Time to Dance

as Writer

1978
1978
Clouds of Glory

as Writer

1977
Orion

as Book

1973
1971
The Music Lovers

as Screenplay

1969
Play Dirty

as Screenplay

1968
Isadora

as Adaptation

1968
Isadora

as Screenplay

1965
The Debussy Film

as Screenplay

1965
The Debussy Film

as Scenario Writer

1965
Always on Sunday

as Scenario Writer

1965

Producer

2017
2006
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

as Executive Producer

1995
Johnny And The Dead

as Executive Producer

1978
The South Bank Show

as Executive Producer

1966
Familiar Spirits

as Producer

Crew

1992
Naked Making Lunch

as Presenter

1988
Toulouse-Lautrec

as Presenter

Creator

1992
A Time to Dance

as Creator