Melvyn Bragg Movies

Television documentary on playwright, actor, composer, and film maker Noel Coward.

Dennis Potter a television dramatist talks about his work, politics and his fears for both.

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional...

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by...

Melvyn Bragg sets out to unravel the many questions surrounding one of the Bible's most enigmatic and controversial figures: Mary Magdalene.

Filmed in his London studio, David Hockney sits down with Melvyn Bragg to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his...

Last week Freddie Mercury would have celebrated his 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, celebrity fans Robbie Williams, McFly and Mike Myers talk...

An Artist's Story concerns the confrontation of ideas between Anton, a young landscape painter, and Lydia, a young aristocratic girl who devotes her...

Interview with director/choreographer Bob Fosse, first shown on British television.

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

A documentary first presented on the South Bank Show in 1980 about the career of film director Roman Polanski.

Actor John Rhys-Davies narrates this illuminating look at the King James Bible -- the most widely sold version of the most important book in...

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at...

Documentary about the Swedish film director, produced for the UK television program "The South Bank."

London Weekend Television. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg. First screened in the UK on 31st March 1985.

The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work with Melvyn Bragg in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans...

Television documentary about British film director Terence Davies and his film "The Long Day Closes."

Interview with the British author, William Golding.

John Cleese is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 1986 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). Cleese speaks of his comedy background, writing for...