Melvyn Bragg Movies

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 –...

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

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

Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".

Filmed in his London studio, David Hockney sits down with Melvyn Bragg to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his...

A documentary on the band

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

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...

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

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

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

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

Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli.

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

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 profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

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