Melvyn Bragg
Born October 06, 1939 (Age: 86)
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Carlisle, UK
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.
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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Filmography
John Steinbeck: Voice of America
2011
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as Host/Narrator
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Age: 72
No Image
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
2002
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as Himself (Presenter)
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Age: 62
R.E.M.
2002
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as Presenter
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Age: 62
No Image
Emir Kusturica
2000
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as Himself (Presenter)
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Age: 60
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
1998
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as Self
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Age: 58
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
1997
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as Self
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Age: 57
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
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as Self
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Age: 55
The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
1992
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as Self - Presenter
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Age: 52
Bernard and the Genie
1991
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as Himself
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Age: 52
Roy Lichtenstein
1991
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as Himself
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Age: 51
Vivienne Westwood
1990
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as Self
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Age: 50
Norbert Smith: A Life
1989
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as Interviewer
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Age: 50
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989
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as
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Age: 49
The Tall Guy
1989
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as Himself
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Age: 49
Hockney at the Tate
1988
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as Self
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Age: 49
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
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as Self
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Age: 48
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
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as Presenter
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Age: 48
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
1987
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as Presenter
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Age: 47
Francis Bacon
1985
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as
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Age: 45
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
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as Narrator
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Age: 45
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
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as Self (Interviewer )
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Age: 43
No Image
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
1981
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as Presenter
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Age: 41
Sweet William
1980
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as Self
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Age: 40
Ingmar Bergman at 60
1978
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as Host
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Age: 38
Whose Doctor Who
1977
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as Presenter
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Age: 37
No Image
An Artist's Story
1974
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as Himself - Presenter
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Age: 34