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Melvyn Bragg

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Won the WH Smith Literary Award 2000 for his acclaimed book, The Soldier's Return. See more trivia »

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in Wigton, Cumberland, England, UK
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Hide HideProducer (19 titles)
2012/II Mother's Milk (executive producer)
 
2012 Melvyn Bragg on Class & Culture (TV series documentary) (series editor)
 
2008 Melvyn Bragg's Travels in Written Britain (TV mini-series) (associate producer)
 
2006 Freddie Mercury: Magic Remixed (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2005 The Story of ITV: The People's Channel (TV mini-series documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 Broken Morning (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2002 The Adventure of English (TV mini-series documentary) (series producer)
 
2000 This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis (executive producer)
 
1996-1997 Theatreland (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– Episode dated 23 November 1997 (1997) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.1 (1996) (executive producer)
 
The South Bank Show (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 9 episodes, 1982-1996) (producer - 2 episodes, 1993)
– Michael Collins (1996) (executive producer)
– Marilyn Horne (1995) (executive producer)
– African-American Humor (1994) (executive producer)
– British Comedy Special (1994) (executive producer)
– Dawn French on Big Women (1994) (executive producer)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1995 Clear Cool Crystal Stream (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1995 Johnny and the Dead (TV mini-series) (executive producer)
 
1982-1985 Book Four (TV series) (executive producer - 37 episodes)
– Episode #5.4 (1985) (executive producer)
– Episode #5.3 (1985) (executive producer)
– Episode #5.2 (1985) (executive producer)
– Episode #5.1 (1985) (executive producer)
– Episode #4.9 (1985) (executive producer)
See all 37 episodes »
 
1974 2nd House (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– An Artist's Story (1974) (producer)
 
1973 Omnibus (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– George Orwell: The Road to the Left (1973) (producer)
 
1972 Zinotchka (TV short) (co-producer)
 
1967 The Impresarios (TV series) (producer - 6 episodes)
– Transport by Underground (1967) (producer)
– Frank Wright and Pat Turner (1967) (producer)
– Peter Hall (1967) (producer)
– For Appearance's Sake (1967) (producer)
– Ian Hunter (1967) (producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1965 New Release (TV series) (producer)
 
1958 Monitor (TV series documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (18 titles)
2011 The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World (TV documentary)
 
2009 Outbreak 1939 (TV documentary) (idea)
 
1993-2008 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
– Lang Lang (2008) (writer)
– Mark Wallinger (2007)
– Irvine Welsh (2006)
– Robbie Coltrane (2006)
– Sophie Calle (2005)
See all 29 episodes »
 
2005 The Story of ITV: The People's Channel (TV mini-series documentary)
– Window on the World (2005) (written by)
– Comedy & Light Entertainment (2005) (written by)
– Business (2005) (written by)
– Drama (2005) (written by)
– The People's Channel (2005) (written by)
 
2002 The Adventure of English (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 Classic Widows (TV documentary)
 
1992 A Time to Dance (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (1992) (novel / script)
– Episode #1.2 (1992) (novel / script)
– Episode #1.1 (1992) (novel / script)
 
1981 Towards the Morning (short) (story)
 
1979 Orion (TV movie) (story)
 
1978 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
– Clouds of Glory: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1978)
– Clouds of Glory: William and Dorothy (1978)
 
1973 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
– George Orwell: The Road to the Left (1973) (written by)
 
1973 Jesus Christ Superstar (screenplay: based upon the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" by)
 
1972 Full House (TV series)
– Episode dated 16 December 1972 (1972) (adaptation)
 
1972 Zinotchka (TV short) (adaptation)
 
1970 The Music Lovers (screenplay)
 
1969 Play Dirty (screenplay)
 
1968 Isadora (adaptation / screenplay)
 
1965 Monitor (TV series documentary)
– Always on Sunday (1965) (scenario)
– The Debussy Film (1965) (dialogue / scenario)
 
Show ShowEditor (10 titles)
1981-2010 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
– 2010 Awards (2010)
– Tim Burton (2008)
– Ian McMillan: The Bard of Barnsley (2007)
– Isabel Allende (2007)
– Humphrey Lyttelton (2007)
See all 27 episodes »
 
2009 Outbreak 1939 (TV documentary)
 
1983-2004 Great Performances (TV series)
– John Lennon's Jukebox (2004)
– Laurence Olivier: A Life (1983)
 
1996 The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford (TV documentary)
 
1990 Vivienne Westwood (TV documentary)
 
1989 It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story (TV movie)
 
1988 Ken Russell's ABC of British Music (TV documentary)
 
1983 The Planets (TV documentary)
 
1978 Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (TV movie)
 
1976 Read All About It (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 March 1976 (1976)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
2005 Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams (video documentary) (footage courtesy of: South Bank Show)
 
2000 William Shakespeare (documentary) (presenter)
 
1996 The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford (TV documentary) (presented by)
 
1984-1994 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary) (presenter - 2 episodes)
– Dawn French on Big Women (1994) (presenter)
– Vaughn Williams: A Symphonic Portrait (1984) (presenter)
 
1988 Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (TV mini-series documentary) (series editor - 11 episodes)
– Ten Great Writers: The Seminar (1988) (series editor)
– Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' (1988) (series editor)
– T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (1988) (series editor)
– Luigi Pirandello (1988) (series editor)
– Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway' (1988) (series editor)
See all 11 episodes »
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
1973 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
– George Orwell: The Road to the Left (1973)
 
1967 The Impresarios (TV series)
– Peter Hall (1967)
– Billy 'Uke' Scott & Ernie Mack (1967)
 
1963-1965 Monitor (TV series documentary)
– JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli (1965)
– Walking Talking Laughing Dance (1963)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1993 Hale and Pace (TV series)
– Episode #5.6 (1993)
 
1989 Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (TV movie)
Interviewer
 
1989 The Tall Guy
Melvyn Bragg
 
1987 Executive Stress (TV series)
Melvyn Bragg
– Episode #2.1 (1987) … Melvyn Bragg
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
The South Bank Show (TV series documentary) (edited and presented by - 1 episode, 1990) (editorial supervisor - 1 episode, 2007) (supervising editor - 1 episode, 2007)
– Annie Lennox (2007) (editorial supervisor)
– Emma Kirkby: The Unsung Heroine (2007) (supervising editor)
– Hogwood: Haydn (1990) (edited and presented by)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2005 Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (81 titles)
2012 Piers Morgan's Life Stories (TV series)
Himself
– Felicity Kendal (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Felix Dennis: Millionaire Poet (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 The South Bank Show: Grime, Bow and How UK Hip-hop Found Its Voice (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Frost on Interviews (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2009-2012 The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The New Enlightenment (2012) … Himself (uncredited)
– Facing the Future (2009) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2012 Melvyn Bragg on Class & Culture (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2012 Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Living the Life (TV series)
Himself
– Joanna Lumley and Lord Melvyn Bragg (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Reel History of Britain (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
– Beside the Seaside (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– Dawn of a New Era (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– The End of the Line (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– Streets in the Sky (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– Long to Reign Over Us (2011) … Himself - Presenter
See all 20 episodes »
 
2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Author and Broadcaster / Himself - President of MIND, Author and Broadcaster
– Episode dated 21 June 2011 (2011) … Himself - President of MIND, Author and Broadcaster (as Lord Bragg)
– Episode dated 27 April 2011 (2011) … Himself - Author and Broadcaster
 
2011 The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The British Academy Television Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978-2010 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter / Himself / Himself - presenter / …
– 2010 Awards (2010) … Himself - Host
– The Tempest (2009)
– The South Bank Show: Bond (2008) … Himself
– Liza Minnelli (2008) … Himself - Presenter
– Lang Lang (2008) … Himself
See all 126 episodes »
 
2009 Outbreak 1939 (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2009 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 John Mortimer: A Life in Words (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV series)
Himself
– Melvyn Bragg (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Faith in the Frame (TV series)
Himself
 
2008 Duelle (TV series documentary)
Himself - Biographer 'Richard Burton'
– Elizabeth Taylor gegen Richard Burton (2008) … Himself - Biographer 'Richard Burton'
 
2008 Melvyn Bragg's Travels in Written Britain (TV mini-series)
Himself - Presenter
 
2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Happy Birthday BAFTA (TV movie)
 
2007 The South Bank Show: The Scorsese of the North, Shane Meadows (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Daily Politics (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 April 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 12 Books That Changed the World (TV mini-series)
Himself - Presenter
 
2006 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 April 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 ITV 50 Greatest Shows (TV movie)
Himself (as Lord Melvyn Bragg)
 
2005 The Story of ITV: The People's Channel (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
– Window on the World (2005) … Himself - Presenter
– Comedy & Light Entertainment (2005) … Himself - Presenter
– Business (2005) … Himself - Presenter
– Drama (2005) … Himself - Presenter
– The People's Channel (2005) … Himself - Presenter
 
2003-2005 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2004 My Dad's the Prime Minister (TV series)
Himself
– Diaries (2004) … Himself
 
1983-2004 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Presenter / Interviewer
– John Lennon's Jukebox (2004) … Himself - Presenter
– Laurence Olivier: A Life (1983) … Himself/Interviewer
 
2004 The South Bank Show: Street Music (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 January 2004 (2004) … Himself (as Lord Melvyn Bragg)
 
2003 Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 The Adventure of English (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
– The Battle for the Language of the Bible (2003) … Himself - Presenter
– Birth of a Language (2003) … Himself - Presenter
– English Goes Underground (2003) … Himself - Presenter
 
2003 The South Bank Show: The Songwriting World of Nick Cave (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The South Bank Show: Caryl Phillips (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2002 Whose Right Is It Anyway? (TV series)
Himself - Host (2002-)
 
2002 Believe Nothing (TV series)
Himself
– Double First (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Kumars at No. 42 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (2002) … Himself
 
2001 Funny Turns (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Felicity Kendal: A Passage from India (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Who's Afraid of the Ten Commandments? (TV series)
Himself
 
1999 The 100 Greatest TV Moments (TV special)
Himself
 
1999 Two Thousand Years (TV series)
Himself
 
1998 Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Sundays (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.7 (1998) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.6 (1998) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.5 (1998) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.4 (1998) … Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.3 (1998) … Himself - Presenter
See all 7 episodes »
 
1998 Light Lunch (TV series)
Himself
– I'm Getting Swotty with Some Brainy Totty (1998) … Himself
 
1996 Fantasy Football League (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.10 (1996) … Himself
– Episode #4.2 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Have I Got News for You (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.3 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 The ABC of Christian Heritage (TV series)
Himself
 
1995 Anyone for Pennis? (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) … Himself
 
1994 Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.4 (1994) … Himself
 
1994 Portrait or Bust (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1994 An Interview with Dennis Potter (TV documentary)
Presenter/Interviewer
 
1992 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.2 (1992) … Himself
 
1991 Bernard and the Genie (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Comic Relief (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Question Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 February 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Kiri Te Kanawa (TV special)
 
1990 The London Programme (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Show Must Go On? (1990) … Himself
 
1989 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.3 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 A Night of Comic Relief 2 (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 Opinions (TV series)
Himself
– End of the Golden Age? (1989) … Himself
 
1989 A British Picture (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 The Evening Standard Drama Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1988 Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Ten Great Writers: The Seminar (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Hockney at the Tate (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Francis Bacon (documentary)
Himself (Narrator)
 
1988 Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 An Audience with Billy Connolly (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1984 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 December 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 November 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 February 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 February 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1983 Melvyn Bragg's Cumbria (TV series)
Himself
 
1980 An Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie)
Himself
 
1980 Sweet William
Himself
 
1979 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Hits (TV movie)
Himself
 
1979 The Kids Are Alright (documentary)
Himself (as Melvin Bragg)
 
1976-1977 The Lively Arts (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Shades: Three Plays by Samuel Beckett (1977) … Himself - Presenter
– A Portrait of Sean O'Faolain (1977) … Himself - Presenter
– Whose Dr. Who (1977) … Himself - Presenter
– A Portrait of Nadine Gordimer (1976) … Himself - Presenter
– The Unlikely Lads (1976) … Himself - Presenter
See all 6 episodes »
 
1973-1976 2nd House (TV series)
Himself - Presenter / Himself - Narrator
– The Witnesses: Writers and the Spanish Civil War (1976) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Mirror on Class (1976) … Himself - Presenter
– The Parish Boy's Progress (1975) … Himself - Presenter
– Saul Bellow (1975) … Himself - Presenter
– Fanshen (1975) … Himself - Presenter
See all 19 episodes »
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
 
2008 TV's Believe It or Not (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' (video)
Himself
 

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(July 1976) Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard and his musical, "Mardi Gras," was performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, England with Nicky Henson, Aubrey Woods, Dana Gillespie, Gaye Brown, and Marsha Hunt in the cast. Clifford Williams was director. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Lord Melvyn Bragg | Lord Bragg | Melvin Bragg
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Proms attendances are going up and just try to get into the Tate Modern on a Saturday afternoon - but that is not reflected on BBC One. I want to ask BBC One to think again, because it just won't do. This is its major channel. This is for its largest tranche of viewers. This is where the biggest welt of the licence fee goes... See more »

Trivia:

Won the WH Smith Literary Award 2000 for his acclaimed book, The Soldier's Return. See more »

Star Sign:

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