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Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 06, 1939 (85)
Birthplace Carlisle, UK
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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 ca ... reer, 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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Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

2017

Executive Producer

Familiar Spirits

Familiar Spirits

1966

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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The South Bank Show

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 743

First Aired: Jan 14, 1978

2nd House

as Himself - Presenter

Episodes: 33

First Aired: Oct 06, 1973

Reel History of Britain

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Sep 05, 2011

The Adventure of English

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Nov 06, 2003

Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 06, 2008

An Audience with...

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 08, 1978

Believe Nothing

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 14, 2002

Norbert Smith – a Life

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 2007

Plunder

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 05, 1990

The Garden Party

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 11, 1998

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1988

Great Performances

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

2nd House

as Himself - Host

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Oct 06, 1973

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