Melvyn Bragg [72744] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.8041 Birthplace: Carlisle, UK Birthday: 1939-10-06 Age: 85 years Movies: 51 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Art Matters2024-07-24 David Hockney: I2023-08-29 David Hockney: I2023-08-28 David Hockney: A2023-08-28 Versus: The Life2016-06-30 Muse of Fire2013-09-26 The Most Dangero2013-06-06 The Mystery Of M2013-06-05 John Steinbeck: 2011-11-22 The South Bank S2006-10-15 Life Beyond the 2003-12-29 Cinema of Fire: 2002-06-30 R.E.M.2002-05-09 Emir Kusturica2000-03-12 Countertenors1999-12-19 Afro-Cuban All-S1998-07-19 Keppel Road: The1997-01-13 Tennessee Willia1994-12-19 An Interview wit1994-11-19 Portrait or Bust1994-04-04 The South Bank S1993-10-03 The Making of Sg1992-06-14 The South Bank S1992-04-05 The South Bank S1992-03-01 Bernard and the 1991-11-23 The South Bank S1991-10-06 Roy Lichtenstein1991-01-02 Vivienne Westwoo1990-04-08 Sir Norbert Smit1989-11-03 The Tall Guy1989-02-01 Hockney at the T1988-10-30 In from the Cold1988-09-20 Bernardo Bertolu1988-01-17 Francis Bacon1988-01-01 J.M.W. Turner: T1987-01-01 The South Bank S1986-10-16 The South Bank S1986-01-12 From the West Do1985-03-31 David Lean: A Li1985-01-01 The South Bank S1983-02-27 Laurence Olivier1982-10-24 Ermanno Olmi: Th1981-05-03 The South Bank S1981-03-08 The South Bank S1981-01-01 The South Bank S1980-11-16 The South Bank S1980-05-25 The Who: The Kid1979-06-15 Ingmar Bergman a1978-07-08 Whose Doctor Who1977-04-03 An Artist's Stor1974-02-02 Outbreak 1939: W