Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

1981 episode of London Weekend Television's The South Bank Show examines the film and features interviews with novelist John Fowles, screenwriter...

Eric Idle is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 2006 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). The surviving members of Monty Python discuss the huge...

Melvyn Bragg presents this 1977 documentary about Doctor Who from BBC2's 'The Lively Arts' strand, featuring extensive behind-the-scenes coverage of...

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

Biography of Marlene Dietrich using interviews, film clips and rare footage of the actress, including her own home movies.

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

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

Francis Bacon revolutionised figurative painting in the 20th century. The English painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner....

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

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

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

Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process...

A documentary on the band

An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist - one of Britain's most beloved painters - in London and Normandy, and...

Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

A profile of the Iranian film industry

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...