Melvyn Bragg is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. Born on 6 October 1939 in Carlisle The son of Mary Ethel and Stanley Bragg He was given the name Melvyn by his mother after she saw the actor Melvyn Douglas at a local cinema. Bragg began his career in 1961 as a general trainee at the BBC.
Movie | Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out | Narrator | 2025 |
Movie | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show | 2016-06-30 |
Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Host/Narrator | 2011-11-22 |
Series | Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain | 2008-04-06 | |
Series | The Adventure of English | 2003-11-06 | |
Movie | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Himself | 2003-12-29 |
Series | Believe Nothing | Unknown | 2002-07-14 |
Movie | Countertenors | Presenter | 1999-12-19 |
Movie | Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams | Self | 1998-07-19 |
Movie | Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees | Self | 1997-01-13 |
Movie | The Making of Sgt. Pepper | Self - Presenter | 1992-06-14 |
Movie | Roy Lichtenstein | Himself | 1991-01-02 |
Movie | Bernard and the Genie | Himself | 1991-11-23 |
Series | Plunder | Unknown | 1990-03-05 |
Movie | The Tall Guy | Himself | 1989-02-01 |
Movie | Sir Norbert Smith, a Life | Interviewer | 1989-11-03 |
Movie | Francis Bacon | 1988-01-01 | |
Movie | David Lean: A Life in Film | Narrator | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' | Host | 1983-02-27 |
Movie | Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree | Presenter | 1981-05-03 |
Movie | The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman | Self - Presenter | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | The Kids Are Alright | 1979-06-15 | |
Series | The South Bank Show | Self - Presenter | 1978-01-14 |
Movie | Whose Doctor Who | Presenter | 1977-04-03 |