Melvyn Bragg is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian.
Born on 6 October 1939 in Carlisle
The son of Mary Ethel and Stanley Bragg
He was given the name Melvyn by his mother after she saw the actor Melvyn Douglas at a local cinema.
Bragg began his career in 1961 as a general trainee at the BBC.
Gender: Male
Born On: 6-Oct-1939
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Melvyn Bragg's Filmography on TV
List of programs starring Melvyn Bragg on tv. Programs are sorted in order of last seen on tv. Last updated: Apr 24, 2025 2:56 AM
Versus - The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.
Genres
#Documentary
Reel History of Britain (2011)
Reel History of Britain is a 20 part series being shown on BBC Two, presented by Melvyn Bragg and about the history of modern Britain; through the eyes of people who were there. It was shown from 5–30 September 2011. The programme is a social history documentary, charting the course of the twentieth century through archive film, plus interviews and recollections of key events that have taken place in the last one-hundred years, since the advent of moving film. In each episode, Bragg goes to a d