Melvyn Bragg Movies

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...

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

Produced in 1993, this documentary depicts the development of Annie Leibovitz's career as a celebrity photographer.

This documentary traces the lives of Gibb brothers and takes a look through their memories, creating some of the greatest hits in the world as the...

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

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...

William is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naïve Ann, but she nearly as quickly begins to...

A mockumentary charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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...

Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of unconventional interconnected episodes –...

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

This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into this revival, and features performance footage of an...

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

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

Music documentary about the British band Blur during the period surrounding their 1999 album 13. The episode, titled Blur, aired on 21 November 1999...

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

A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

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

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