Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process...

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

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

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

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

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

John Cleese is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 1986 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). Cleese speaks of his comedy background, writing for...

London Weekend Television. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg. First screened in the UK on 31st March 1985.

Documentary about British film director Michael Powell

A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

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

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

This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at...

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...

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

Television documentary about British film director Terence Davies and his film "The Long Day Closes."

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...