Actor
Melvyn Bragg
October 6, 1939 · 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 as editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010, 2012–2023), 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.
Often works with
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John Steinbeck: Voice of America
as Host/Narrator
2011
R.E.M.
as Presenter
2002
Countertenors
as Presenter
1999
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
Director
1996
An Interview with Dennis Potter
as Interviewer
1994
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Interviewer
1989
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
cast
1989
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
as Presenter
1988
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
as Presenter
1987
Francis Bacon
cast
1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Narrator
1985
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
as Narrator
1983