Melvyn Bragg Movies

  • 2006
    Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

    Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

    Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

    72006HD

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

    Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
  • 1988
    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

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    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...

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
  • 1994
    An Interview with Dennis Potter

    An Interview with Dennis Potter

    An Interview with Dennis Potter

    101994HD

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

    An Interview with Dennis Potter
  • 1997
    Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

    Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

    Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

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

    Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
  • 1985
    David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

    61985HD

    A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

    David Lean: A Life in Film
  • 1988
    Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'

    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".

    Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
  • 1981
    Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree

    Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree

    Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree

    01981HD

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

    Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
  • 1988
    Hockney at the Tate

    Hockney at the Tate

    Hockney at the Tate

    91988HD

    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...

    Hockney at the Tate
  • 2000
    Emir Kusturica

    Emir Kusturica

    Emir Kusturica

    02000HD

    A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

    Emir Kusturica
  • 1998
    Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams

    Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams

    Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams

    71998HD

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

    Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
  • 1989
    A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

    A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

    A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

    6.51989HD

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

    A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
  • 1966
    Familiar Spirits

    Familiar Spirits

    Familiar Spirits

    01966HD

    Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

    Familiar Spirits
  • 2017
    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

    5.22017HD

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

    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
  • 1977
    Whose Doctor Who

    Whose Doctor Who

    Whose Doctor Who

    21977HD

    Melvyn Bragg presents this 1977 documentary about Doctor Who from BBC2's 'The Lively Arts' strand, featuring extensive behind-the-scenes coverage of...

    Whose Doctor Who
  • 1985
    Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon

    6.21985HD

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

    Francis Bacon
  • 1999
    Blur - The South Bank Show 1999

    Blur - The South Bank Show 1999

    Blur - The South Bank Show 1999

    01999HD

    Music documentary about the British band Blur during the period surrounding their 1999 album 13. The episode, titled Blur, aired on 21 November 1999...

    Blur - The South Bank Show 1999
  • 1987
    J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate

    J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate

    J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate

    01987HD

    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...

    J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
  • 1994
    Portrait or Bust

    Portrait or Bust

    Portrait or Bust

    01994HD

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

    Portrait or Bust
  • 2002
    R.E.M.

    R.E.M.

    R.E.M.

    0.52002HD

    A documentary on the band

    R.E.M.
  • 2002
    Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema

    Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema

    Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema

    02002HD

    A profile of the Iranian film industry

    Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema