Melvyn Bragg Movies

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

An irreverent survey of British Music.

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

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...

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

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

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

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

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

Francis Bacon revolutionised figurative painting in the 20th century. The English painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner....

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

Scenes from Huston's "Moulin Rouge," archive footage of the original locations, a Lautrec exhibition at London's "Royal Academy" and interviews with...

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.

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...

Interview with the British author, William Golding.

Television documentary about British film director Terence Davies and his film "The Long Day Closes."

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

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

An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist - one of Britain's most beloved painters - in London and Normandy, and...