Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

Last week Freddie Mercury would have celebrated his 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, celebrity fans Robbie Williams, McFly and Mike Myers talk...

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

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

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

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...

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

Actor John Rhys-Davies narrates this illuminating look at the King James Bible -- the most widely sold version of the most important book in...

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at...

Join Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over 60 years, Bragg passionately advocates...

Gerald Fox’s film documents Bill Viola and his wife and close collaborator Kira Perov’s odyssey to create two permanent video...

Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.

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

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

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...

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.

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.