Melvyn Bragg
1939-10-06 ( 85 years old ) in 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 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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Art Matters 2024-07-24
David Hockney: In London 2023-08-29
David Hockney: A Celebration 2023-08-28
David Hockney: In Normandy 2023-08-28
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach 2016-06-30
Muse of Fire 2013-09-26
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England 2013-06-06
The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene 2013-06-05
John Steinbeck: Voice of America 2011-11-22
The South Bank Show: Spamalot 2006-10-15
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher 2003-12-29
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema 2002-06-30
R.E.M. 2002-05-09
Emir Kusturica 2000-03-12
Countertenors 1999-12-19
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams 1998-07-19
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees 1997-01-13
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage 1994-12-19
An Interview with Dennis Potter 1994-11-19
Portrait or Bust 1994-04-04
The South Bank Show: Ken Loach 1993-10-03
The Making of Sgt. Pepper 1992-06-14
The South Bank Show: Terence Davies 1992-04-05
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward 1992-03-01
Bernard and the Genie 1991-11-23
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam 1991-10-06
Roy Lichtenstein 1991-01-02
Vivienne Westwood 1990-04-08
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life 1989-11-03
The Tall Guy 1989-02-01
Hockney at the Tate 1988-10-30
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton 1988-09-20
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' 1988-01-17
Francis Bacon 1988-01-01
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate 1987-01-01
The South Bank Show: Michael Powell 1986-10-16
The South Bank Show: John Cleese 1986-01-12
From the West Down to the East: Billy Bragg on The South Bank Show, March 1985 1985-03-31
David Lean: A Life in Film 1985-01-01
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' 1983-02-27
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree 1981-05-03
The South Bank Show: Bob Fosse 1981-03-08
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981-01-01
The South Bank Show: William Golding 1980-11-16
The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski 1980-05-25
The Kids Are Alright 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 Broke Out

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