Melvyn Bragg Movies

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

Documentary about British film director Michael Powell

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

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

Interview with the British author, William Golding.

An LWT South Bank Show, presented by Melvyn Bragg, exploring the phenomenon of countertenor singing. With its unique, soaring beauty, the high male...

Terry Gilliam is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 1991 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). Gilliam speaks of his history with the British...

In a programme broadcast 70 years to the day after the outbreak of WWII, people who were alive at the time speak of their memories.

The works of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), one of the best known English Romantic artists, still play a leading role in the art market...

Scenes from Huston's "Moulin Rouge," archive footage of the original locations, a Lautrec exhibition at London's "Royal Academy" and interviews with...