Melvyn Bragg
Carlisle, UK
1939-10-06
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.
Movies:
Hockney at the Tate
Norbert Smith: A Life
David Hockney: A Celebration
David Hockney: In Normandy
David Hockney: In London
Francis Bacon
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene
Vivienne Westwood
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Bernard and the Genie
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Art Matters
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Muse of Fire
Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
An Interview with Dennis Potter
The Tall Guy
Portrait or Bust
An Artist's Story
David Lean: A Life in Film
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Ingmar Bergman at 60
Countertenors
R.E.M.
Whose Doctor Who
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Roy Lichtenstein
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Emir Kusturica
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Laurence Olivier: a life
Sweet William
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