Melvyn Bragg Movies
- 1988
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music101988HD
An irreverent survey of British Music.
- 2013
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England92013HD
Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible into English, which made him a threat to the...
- 1983
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs01983HD
David Hockney is unquestionably one of the most passionate and versatile experimental artists on the contemporary scene. In the late 1970s the...
- 1998
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams01998HD
This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into this revival, and features performance footage of an...
- 1966
Familiar Spirits
Familiar Spirits01966HD
Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.
- 1989
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life81989HD
a spoof TV documentary film (a "mockumentary") charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.
- 1965
Always on Sunday
Always on Sunday61965HD
Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
- 2006
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic72006HD
Last week Freddie Mercury would have celebrated his 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, celebrity fans Robbie Williams, McFly and Mike Myers talk...
- 1991
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein61991HD
In this documentary Roy Lichtenstein is interviewed and discusses his life and art work, what influenced him, where his ideas came from, how his art...
- 1988
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon61988HD
Francis Bacon revolutionised figurative painting in the 20th century. The English painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner....
- 2023
David Hockney: In Normandy
David Hockney: In Normandy02023HD
The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work with Melvyn Bragg in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans...
- 1977
Whose Doctor Who
Whose Doctor Who21977HD
Melvyn Bragg presents this 1977 documentary about Doctor Who from BBC2's 'The Lively Arts' strand, featuring extensive behind-the-scenes coverage of...
- 1988
Hockney at the Tate
Hockney at the Tate01988HD
To mark his fiftieth birthday in 1988, London's Tate Gallery staged a major retrospective of his work. Melvyn Bragg joined David Hockney for an...
- 2023
David Hockney: A Celebration
David Hockney: A Celebration02023HD
An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist - one of Britain's most beloved painters - in London and Normandy, and...
- 1978
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures5.31978HD
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at...
- 1974
An Artist's Story
An Artist's Story01974HD
An Artist's Story concerns the confrontation of ideas between Anton, a young landscape painter, and Lydia, a young aristocratic girl who devotes her...
- 1981
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman01981HD
1981 episode of London Weekend Television's The South Bank Show examines the film and features interviews with novelist John Fowles, screenwriter...
- 1981
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree01981HD
Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".
- 1978
Ingmar Bergman at 60
Ingmar Bergman at 6001978HD
Documentary about the Swedish film director, produced for the UK television program "The South Bank."
- 1992
Naked Making Lunch
Naked Making Lunch7.11992HD
A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.