Melvyn Bragg

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-10-06 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Carlisle, UK

Melvyn Bragg

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 Ch...

Acting

1989

Norbert Smith: A Life

as Interviewer

1991

2016

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

as Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show

2024

1992

The Making of Sgt. Pepper

as Self - Presenter

2013

1989

The Tall Guy

as Himself

1994

Portrait or Bust

as Himself (uncredited)

1974

An Artist's Story

as Himself - Presenter

1999

Countertenors

as Presenter

2002

R.E.M.

as Presenter

1977

Whose Doctor Who

as Presenter

1991

2002

Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema

as Himself (Presenter)

2000

Emir Kusturica

as Himself (Presenter)

2013

1982

Laurence Olivier: a life

as Self (Interviewer )

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