Melvyn Bragg Movies

Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli.

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

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

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...

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional...

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...

Biography of Marlene Dietrich using interviews, film clips and rare footage of the actress, including her own home movies.

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

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

Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

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

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

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

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

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

A profile of the Iranian film industry

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

A documentary on the band

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