Cast & creator
Melvyn Bragg
Best known for Great Performances, The South Bank Show, The South Bank Show
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.
73
film credits
29
television credits
60
1958–2024 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (102)
Showing 102 of 102 credits
Great Performances
Self
1971
The South Bank Show
Self - Presenter
1978The South Bank Show
Executive Producer
1978The South Bank Show
Writer
1978The South Bank Show
Creator
1978
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
An Audience with...
Self
1978The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
TFI Friday
1996
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Self
1988The Garden Party
19982nd House
Himself - Presenter
19732nd House
Himself - Host
1973
Monitor
Writer
1958
Norbert Smith – a Life
Jesus Christ Superstar
Screenplay
1973
Believe Nothing
Self
2002Plunder
1990
The Adventure of English
2003
Play Dirty
Screenplay
1969
Johnny and the Dead
Executive Producer
1995
A Time to Dance
Writer
1992A Time to Dance
Novel
1992A Time to Dance
Creator
1992
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Narrator
1983David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Editor
1983Clouds of Glory
Writer
1978Clouds of Glory
Creator
1978
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Editor
1980The Lively Arts
Presenter
1976
The Music Lovers
Screenplay
1971Reel History of Britain
2011
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self
1994
The Tall Guy
Himself
1989
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Self - Presenter
1992
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self (Interviewer )
1982Laurence Olivier: A Life
Editor
1982Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Narrator
2009Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Writer
2009
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
2016
Bernard and the Genie
Himself
1991
Norbert Smith: A Life
Interviewer
1989
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Editor
1993
Isadora
Adaptation
1968Isadora
Screenplay
1968
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Self
1979
Orion
Book
1977
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Executive Producer
1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Editor
1978
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Self/Narrator
1997
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Editor
1989
Sweet William
Self
1980
Toulouse-Lautrec
Editor
1988Toulouse-Lautrec
Presenter
1988
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Self
1997
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
1988
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Producer
1988
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Executive Producer
2006Zinotchka
Writer
1972
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Presenter
1988An Artist's Story
Himself - Presenter
1974
Naked Making Lunch
Presenter
1992
David Lean: A Life in Film
Narrator
1985
Always on Sunday
Scenario Writer
1965Always on Sunday
Writer
1965
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
Director
1996
Familiar Spirits
Producer
1966
Countertenors
Presenter
1999
The Debussy Film
Scenario Writer
1965The Debussy Film
Screenplay
1965
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989Emir Kusturica
Himself (Presenter)
2000
Whose Doctor Who
Presenter
1977
An Interview with Dennis Potter
Interviewer
1994
David Hockney: In Normandy
self
2023
Ingmar Bergman at 60
Host
1978Ingmar Bergman at 60
Editor
1978
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
2008Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
Creator
2008
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Himself
2003
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Himself - Presenter
2013The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
Writer
2013
Hockney at the Tate
Self
1988
Vivienne Westwood
Self
1990
David Hockney: A Celebration
Self
2023
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
Host/Narrator
2011
David Hockney: In London
Self
2023
JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli
Director
1965Portrait or Bust
Himself (uncredited)
1994
R.E.M.
Presenter
2002
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
Executive Producer
2017
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Presenter
1987
Art Matters
Self
2024
Roy Lichtenstein
Himself
1991Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Himself (Presenter)
2002The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
Self
2013
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Self
1998Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Presenter
1981Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Editor
1981