Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as...

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...

A legendary collection of miniature paintings have been locked up in the storeroom of an Indian palace for years; the collection's fame attracts a...

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

Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".

A feat that fully matches its title, an alphabetical trawl through both the history of British music and Russell's own likes and dislikes, the latter...

This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us...

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

This documentary, originally presented on the television series The South Bank Show, covers actor Humphrey Bogart's life and career, including...

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

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

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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

Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.

David Hockney is unquestionably one of the most passionate and versatile experimental artists on the contemporary scene. In the late 1970s the...

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

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...

An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.