Melvyn Bragg Trailers
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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.
Most Popular Melvyn Bragg Trailers
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14 June 1992
This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us their memories of the sessions.
19 December 1994
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St.
03 November 1989
A mockumentary charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.
08 November 2017
Gerald Fox’s film documents Bill Viola and his wife and close collaborator Kira Perov’s odyssey to create two permanent video installations for London’s St Paul’s Cathedral, Martyrs and Mary, the first art commissions of their kind to be installed in Britain’s most famous religious space.
01 January 1993
Produced in 1993, this documentary depicts the development of Annie Leibovitz's career as a celebrity photographer.
03 May 1981
Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".
13 January 1997
This documentary traces the lives of Gibb brothers and takes a look through their memories, creating some of the greatest hits in the world as the Bee Gees.
20 September 1988
Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.
29 December 2003
Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker.
02 February 1974
An Artist's Story concerns the confrontation of ideas between Anton, a young landscape painter, and Lydia, a young aristocratic girl who devotes her life to good works.
06 June 2013
Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible into English, which made him a threat to the authority of the church and state.
03 April 1977
Melvyn Bragg presents this 1977 documentary about Doctor Who from BBC2's 'The Lively Arts' strand, featuring extensive behind-the-scenes coverage of the making of The Talons of Weng-Chiang and looking back at the history of the programme and its psychological impact on the viewers, particularly children.
15 August 1973
As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer.
01 January 1985
A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.
24 July 1996
Biography of Marlene Dietrich using interviews, film clips and rare footage of the actress, including her own home movies.
01 February 1989
An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
26 September 2013
This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all.
19 November 1994
Dennis Potter a television dramatist talks about his work, politics and his fears for both.
02 January 1991
In this documentary Roy Lichtenstein is interviewed and discusses his life and art work, what influenced him, where his ideas came from, how his art adapted and how and why it changed over time.
30 October 1988
To mark his fiftieth birthday in 1988, London's Tate Gallery staged a major retrospective of his work.
29 August 2023
Filmed in his London studio, David Hockney sits down with Melvyn Bragg to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his vibrant and joyous artworks.
12 March 2000
A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.
19 December 1999
An LWT South Bank Show, presented by Melvyn Bragg, exploring the phenomenon of countertenor singing. With its unique, soaring beauty, the high male voice is today enjoying a huge resurgence in popularity.
12 September 2006
Last week Freddie Mercury would have celebrated his 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, celebrity fans Robbie Williams, McFly and Mike Myers talk about what they think made him so special.
04 February 1988
An irreverent survey of British Music.
28 August 2023
An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist - one of Britain's most beloved painters - in London and Normandy, and exclusive new footage of a master at work.
02 January 1969
During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
01 September 1978
A legendary collection of miniature paintings have been locked up in the storeroom of an Indian palace for years; the collection's fame attracts a group of art lovers and fortune seekers who converge simultaneously on the palace.
04 April 1994
Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.
23 November 1991
Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle.
08 April 1990
Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.
09 May 2002
A documentary on the band
15 June 1979
Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us a comprehensive look at the British pioneer rock group, The Who.
12 February 1971
Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately, he chooses wacky nymphomaniac Nina, whom he is unable to satisfy.
14 September 1968
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet.
06 January 1966
Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.
22 November 2011
Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.
16 October 1988
Scenes from Huston's "Moulin Rouge," archive footage of the original locations, a Lautrec exhibition at London's "Royal Academy" and interviews with artists, critics and collectors provide insights into the artist's life.
05 June 2013
Melvyn Bragg sets out to unravel the many questions surrounding one of the Bible's most enigmatic and controversial figures: Mary Magdalene.
30 June 2002
A profile of the Iranian film industry
14 October 1989
The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.
05 January 1997
This documentary, originally presented on the television series The South Bank Show, covers actor Humphrey Bogart's life and career, including archival footage and interviews with Lauren Bacall and his son Stephen Bogart.
11 March 1965
Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli.
28 June 1965
Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
29 December 1992
A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.
01 January 1987
The works of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), one of the best known English Romantic artists, still play a leading role in the art market to this day.
30 June 2016
A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.
26 July 1980
Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process with the musical's director, composer and actors.
24 July 2024
Join Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over 60 years, Bragg passionately advocates for the importance of the arts as he reflects on his early experiences and engages with influential figures from the artistic world.
20 March 1989
The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy and The Rainbow, is as unconventional and brilliant as his best films.
19 July 1998
This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into this revival, and features performance footage of an All-Stars' concert at the city's Salon of Dreams.
05 July 1983
David Hockney is unquestionably one of the most passionate and versatile experimental artists on the contemporary scene.
26 December 1977
The world is coming to an end, and the last survivors board a space-ship ready to leave the doomed planet Earth in search of a new world.
17 January 1988
Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".
18 May 1965
An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
08 June 1985
Francis Bacon revolutionised figurative painting in the 20th century. The English painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner.
03 September 2009
In a programme broadcast 70 years to the day after the outbreak of WWII, people who were alive at the time speak of their memories.
24 October 1982
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.
11 April 1980
William is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naïve Ann, but she nearly as quickly begins to comprehend that her new beau is anything but a one-woman man.
28 August 2023
The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work with Melvyn Bragg in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans to keep on painting.
