Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".

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

A profile of the Iranian film industry

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

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

Melvyn Bragg sets out to unravel the many questions surrounding one of the Bible's most enigmatic and controversial figures: Mary Magdalene.

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

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...

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