Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

Documentary about the Swedish film director, produced for the UK television program "The South Bank."

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

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...

The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work with Melvyn Bragg in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans...

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

A mockumentary charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.

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

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

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

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

Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli.

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

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

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...

Scenes from Huston's "Moulin Rouge," archive footage of the original locations, a Lautrec exhibition at London's "Royal Academy" and interviews with...

A profile of the Iranian film industry

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

In this documentary Roy Lichtenstein is interviewed and discusses his life and art work, what influenced him, where his ideas came from, how his art...

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.