Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

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

The world is coming to an end, and the last survivors board a space-ship ready to leave the doomed planet Earth in search of a new world.

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

Documentary about the Swedish film director, produced for the UK television program "The South Bank."

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by...

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

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

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...

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