Melvyn Bragg: movies and TV shows
Melvyn Bragg has 100 credits in the archive: 73 films and 27 TV series, from 1965 to 2024. Highest rated: Have I Got News for You (7.2/10).
Career timeline
1965 – 2024 · busiest year: 1978 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Art Matters | Self | Film | 10.0 | 84 |
| 2023 | David Hockney: In Normandy | self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2023 | David Hockney: A Celebration | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2023 | David Hockney: In London | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2017 | Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's | Film | 5.2 | 77 | |
| 2016 | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Editor and Presenter, South Bank Show | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire | Self | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 2013 | The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England | Himself - Presenter | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 2013 | The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England | Film | 9.0 | 73 | |
| 2013 | The Mystery Of Mary Magdalene | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2011 | Reel History of Britain | TV | 6.0 | 71 | |
| 2011 | John Steinbeck: Voice of America | Host/Narrator | Film | — | 71 |
| 2009 | Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out | Narrator | Film | — | 69 |
| 2009 | Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2008 | Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain | TV | — | 68 | |
| 2008 | Melvyn Bragg's Travels In Written Britain | TV | — | 68 | |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 67 |
| 2006 | Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic | Film | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 2003 | The Adventure of English | TV | 8.6 | 63 | |
| 2003 | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Himself | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2002 | Believe Nothing | Self | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2002 | Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema | Himself (Presenter) | Film | — | 62 |
| 2002 | R.E.M. | Presenter | Film | 0.5 | 62 |
| 2000 | Emir Kusturica | Himself (Presenter) | Film | — | 60 |
| 1999 | Countertenors | Presenter | Film | — | 59 |
| 1998 | The Garden Party | TV | — | 58 | |
| 1998 | Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams | Self | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1997 | Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid | Self/Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1997 | Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees | Self | Film | 9.3 | 57 |
| 1996 | TFI Friday | TV | 7.1 | 56 | |
| 1996 | No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich | Film | 6.0 | 56 | |
| 1995 | Johnny and the Dead | TV | 6.5 | 55 | |
| 1994 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Self | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1994 | Portrait or Bust | Himself (uncredited) | Film | — | 54 |
| 1994 | An Interview with Dennis Potter | Interviewer | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1993 | Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1992 | A Time to Dance | TV | 3.8 | 52 | |
| 1992 | A Time to Dance | TV | 3.8 | 52 | |
| 1992 | A Time to Dance | TV | 3.8 | 52 | |
| 1992 | Naked Making Lunch | Film | 7.3 | 52 | |
| 1992 | The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1991 | Bernard and the Genie | Himself | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1991 | Roy Lichtenstein | Himself | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1990 | Plunder | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1990 | Vivienne Westwood | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1989 | The Tall Guy | Himself | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1989 | Norbert Smith: A Life | Interviewer | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1989 | It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1989 | A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Self | TV | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1988 | Hockney at the Tate | Self | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1988 | In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1988 | Toulouse-Lautrec | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1988 | Toulouse-Lautrec | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1988 | Ken Russell's ABC of British Music | Film | 10.0 | 48 | |
| 1988 | Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' | Presenter | Film | — | 48 |
| 1987 | J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate | Presenter | Film | — | 47 |
| 1985 | David Lean: A Life in Film | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1985 | Francis Bacon | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 1983 | David Hockney: Joiner Photographs | Narrator | Film | — | 43 |
| 1983 | David Hockney: Joiner Photographs | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: A Life | Self (Interviewer ) | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: A Life | Film | 10.0 | 42 | |
| 1981 | Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree | Presenter | Film | — | 41 |
| 1981 | Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1980 | Sweet William | Self | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1980 | Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1979 | The Who: The Kids Are Alright | Self | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | Self - Presenter | TV | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | TV | 5.6 | 38 | |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | TV | 5.6 | 38 | |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | TV | 5.6 | 38 | |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1978 | Clouds of Glory | TV | 5.0 | 38 | |
| 1978 | Clouds of Glory | TV | 5.0 | 38 | |
| 1978 | Ingmar Bergman at 60 | Host | Film | — | 38 |
| 1978 | Ingmar Bergman at 60 | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Film | 6.1 | 38 | |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Film | 6.1 | 38 | |
| 1977 | Orion | Film | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1977 | Whose Doctor Who | Presenter | Film | 2.0 | 37 |
| 1976 | The Lively Arts | Presenter | TV | — | 36 |
| 1974 | An Artist's Story | Himself - Presenter | Film | — | 34 |
| 1973 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Film | 7.1 | 33 | |
| 1973 | 2nd House | Himself - Host | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1973 | 2nd House | Himself - Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1972 | Zinotchka | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1971 | The Music Lovers | Film | 6.5 | 31 | |
| 1969 | Play Dirty | Film | 6.3 | 29 | |
| 1968 | Isadora | Film | 6.2 | 28 | |
| 1968 | Isadora | Film | 6.2 | 28 | |
| 1966 | Familiar Spirits | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1965 | Always on Sunday | Film | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1965 | Always on Sunday | Film | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1965 | The Debussy Film | Film | 7.6 | 25 | |
| 1965 | The Debussy Film | Film | 7.6 | 25 | |
| 1965 | JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli | Film | — | 25 | |
| Norbert Smith – a Life | TV | 8.0 | — |