Melvyn Bragg
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.
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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.
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Known For
43 titles
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain
An Interview with Dennis Potter
The Adventure of English
Francis Bacon
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
Whose Doctor Who
Hockney at the Tate
David Hockney: In Normandy
R.E.M.
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
Roy Lichtenstein
The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England
David Hockney: A Celebration
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
Countertenors
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
David Hockney: In London
Vivienne Westwood
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