Melvyn Bragg [72744]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 1.5609
Birthplace: Carlisle, UK
Birthday: 1939-10-06
Age: 85 years
Movies: 51
Links: Homepage, IMDB
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.

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David Hockney: A Celebr
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Versus: The Life and Fi
2016-06-30
Muse of Fire
2013-09-26
The Most Dangerous Man
2013-06-06
The Mystery Of Mary Mag
2013-06-05
John Steinbeck: Voice o
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The South Bank Show: Sp
2006-10-15
Life Beyond the Box: No
2003-12-29
Cinema of Fire: Iranian
2002-06-30
R.E.M.
2002-05-09
Emir Kusturica
2000-03-12
Countertenors
1999-12-19
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at
1998-07-19
Keppel Road: The Life a
1997-01-13
Tennessee Williams: Orp
1994-12-19
An Interview with Denni
1994-11-19
Portrait or Bust
1994-04-04
The South Bank Show: Ke
1993-10-03
The Making of Sgt. Pepp
1992-06-14
The South Bank Show: Te
1992-04-05
The South Bank Show: No
1992-03-01
Bernard and the Genie
1991-11-23
The South Bank Show: Te
1991-10-06
Roy Lichtenstein
1991-01-02
Vivienne Westwood
1990-04-08
Sir Norbert Smith: A Li
1989-11-03
The Tall Guy
1989-02-01
Hockney at the Tate
1988-10-30
In from the Cold? A Por
1988-09-20
Bernardo Bertolucci and
1988-01-17
Francis Bacon
1988-01-01
J.M.W. Turner: Turner a
1987-01-01
The South Bank Show: Mi
1986-10-16
The South Bank Show: Jo
1986-01-12
From the West Down to t
1985-03-31
David Lean: A Life in F
1985-01-01
The South Bank Show: 'L
1983-02-27
Laurence Olivier: a lif
1982-10-24
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots
1981-05-03
The South Bank Show: Bo
1981-03-08
The South Bank Show: Th
1981-01-01
The South Bank Show: Wi
1980-11-16
The South Bank Show: Ro
1980-05-25
The Who: The Kids Are A
1979-06-15
Ingmar Bergman at 60
1978-07-08
Whose Doctor Who
1977-04-03
An Artist's Story
1974-02-02
Outbreak 1939: When War