Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. Born on 6 October 1939 in Carlisle The son of Mary Ethel and Stanley Bragg He was given the name Melvyn by his mother after she saw the actor Melvyn Douglas at a local cinema. Bragg began his career in 1961 as a general trainee at the BBC.
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- Born:
- Oct 6, 1939
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 49
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out
- Latest Project:
- Movie Art Matters 2024-07-24
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out | Narrator | 2025 |
| Series | Norbert Smith – a Life | 2025 | |
| Movie | Art Matters | Self | 2024-07-24 |
| Movie | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show | 2016-06-30 |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
| Movie | The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England | Himself - Presenter | 2013-06-06 |
| Series | Reel History of Britain | 2011-09-05 | |
| Movie | John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Host/Narrator | 2011-11-22 |
| Series | Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain | 2008-04-06 | |
| Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
| Series | The Adventure of English | 2003-11-06 | |
| Movie | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Himself | 2003-12-29 |
| Movie | Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema | Himself (Presenter) | 2002-06-30 |
| Movie | R.E.M. | Presenter | 2002-05-09 |
| Series | Believe Nothing | Unknown | 2002-07-14 |
| Movie | Emir Kusturica | Himself (Presenter) | 2000-03-12 |
| Movie | Countertenors | Presenter | 1999-12-19 |
| Series | The Garden Party | Unknown | 1998-07-11 |
| Movie | Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams | Self | 1998-07-19 |
| Movie | Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees | Self | 1997-01-13 |
| Movie | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Self | 1994-12-19 |
| Movie | An Interview with Dennis Potter | Interviewer | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Portrait or Bust | Himself (uncredited) | 1994-04-04 |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: Ken Loach | Presenter | 1993-10-03 |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: Noël Coward | Host | 1992-03-01 |
| Movie | The Making of Sgt. Pepper | Self - Presenter | 1992-06-14 |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: Terence Davies | Interviewer | 1992-04-05 |
| Movie | Roy Lichtenstein | Himself | 1991-01-02 |
| Movie | Bernard and the Genie | Himself | 1991-11-23 |
| Series | Plunder | Unknown | 1990-03-05 |
| Movie | Sir Norbert Smith, a Life | Interviewer | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | The Tall Guy | Himself | 1989-02-01 |
| Movie | Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' | Presenter | 1988-01-17 |
| Movie | Francis Bacon | 1988-01-01 | |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: Michael Powell | Host | 1986-10-16 |
| Movie | David Lean: A Life in Film | Narrator | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' | Host | 1983-02-27 |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse | Self | 1981-03-08 |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman | Self - Presenter | 1981-01-01 |
| Movie | Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree | Presenter | 1981-05-03 |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski | Host | 1980-05-25 |
| Movie | The South Bank Show: William Golding | Host | 1980-11-16 |
| Movie | The Kids Are Alright | 1979-06-15 | |
| Series | An Audience with... | Himself | 1978-01-08 |
| Series | The South Bank Show | Self - Presenter | 1978-01-14 |
| Movie | Ingmar Bergman at 60 | Host | 1978-07-08 |
| Movie | Whose Doctor Who | Presenter | 1977-04-03 |
| Movie | An Artist's Story | Himself - Presenter | 1974-02-02 |
| Series | 2nd House | Himself - Presenter | 1973-10-06 |