Watch Apple TV+ Movies
TV Shows and more
Try 7-Day Free
Home >

Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg

Birthday: 1939-10-06 | Place of Birth: Carlisle, UK

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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Art Matters

as    Self

2023
2013
2009
1992
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

as    Self - Presenter

1989
Norbert Smith: A Life

as    Interviewer

1987
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate

as    Presenter

1985
David Lean: A Life in Film

as    Narrator

1983
1979
1978
Ingmar Bergman at 60

as    Host

1978
The South Bank Show

as    Self - Presenter

1977
Whose Doctor Who

as    Presenter

1974
An Artist's Story

as    Himself - Presenter