Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

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

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

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.

A documentary first presented on the South Bank Show in 1980 about the career of film director Roman Polanski.

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

Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

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

Interview with director/choreographer Bob Fosse, first shown on British television.

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.

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

A documentary on the band

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

Documentary about British film director Michael Powell

John Cleese is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 1986 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). Cleese speaks of his comedy background, writing for...

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

A profile of the Iranian film industry

Terry Gilliam is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 1991 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). Gilliam speaks of his history with the British...