Melvyn Bragg Movies
- 1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
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A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.
- 1996
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
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Biography of Marlene Dietrich using interviews, film clips and rare footage of the actress, including her own home movies.
- 2006
The South Bank Show: Spamalot
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Eric Idle is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 2006 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). The surviving members of Monty Python discuss the huge...
- 1974
An Artist's Story
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An Artist's Story concerns the confrontation of ideas between Anton, a young landscape painter, and Lydia, a young aristocratic girl who devotes her...
- 1991
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam
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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...
- 1965
The Debussy Film
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An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
- 1992
Naked Making Lunch
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A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.
- 1989
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story01989HD
The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.
- 1992
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
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Television documentary on playwright, actor, composer, and film maker Noel Coward.
- 1983
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'01983HD
A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."
- 1977
Whose Doctor Who
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Melvyn Bragg presents this 1977 documentary about Doctor Who from BBC2's 'The Lively Arts' strand, featuring extensive behind-the-scenes coverage of...
- 1965
Always on Sunday
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Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
- 1981
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman
The South Bank Show: The French Lieutenant's Woman01981HD
1981 episode of London Weekend Television's The South Bank Show examines the film and features interviews with novelist John Fowles, screenwriter...
- 2011
The King James Bible: The Book That Changed the World
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Actor John Rhys-Davies narrates this illuminating look at the King James Bible -- the most widely sold version of the most important book in...
- 2002
R.E.M.
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A documentary on the band
- 1988
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'01988HD
Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".
- 1988
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
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An irreverent survey of British Music.
- 2017
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
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Gerald Fox’s film documents Bill Viola and his wife and close collaborator Kira Perov’s odyssey to create two permanent video...
- 1977
Orion
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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.
- 1994
Portrait or Bust
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Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.