Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/6/1939
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 broa...
Known For
Art Matters
as Self
The Tall Guy
as Himself
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Himself
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
as Self
Countertenors
as Presenter
Muse of Fire
as Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
as Self
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Self
Bernard and the Genie
as Himself
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
as Presenter
Whose Doctor Who
as Presenter
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self (Interviewer )
R.E.M.
as Presenter
Roy Lichtenstein
as Himself
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Narrator
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
as Self
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
as Self - Presenter
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Interviewer