Melvyn Bragg Movies

  • 1978
    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

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    A legendary collection of miniature paintings have been locked up in the storeroom of an Indian palace for years; the collection's fame attracts a...

    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
  • 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
  • 1980
    Sweet William

    Sweet William

    Sweet William

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    William is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naïve Ann, but she nearly as quickly begins to...

    Sweet William
  • 2006
    Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

    Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

    Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic

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    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
  • 1992
    The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

    The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

    The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

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    This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us...

    The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
  • 1985
    David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

    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.

    David Lean: A Life in Film
  • 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
  • 2002
    R.E.M.

    R.E.M.

    R.E.M.

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    A documentary on the band

    R.E.M.
  • 1992
    Naked Making Lunch

    Naked Making Lunch

    Naked Making Lunch

    7.31992HD

    A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

    Naked Making Lunch
  • 1989
    Norbert Smith: A Life

    Norbert Smith: A Life

    Norbert Smith: A Life

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

    Norbert Smith: A Life
  • 1983
    David Hockney: Joiner Photographs

    David Hockney: Joiner Photographs

    David Hockney: Joiner Photographs

    01983HD

    David Hockney is unquestionably one of the most passionate and versatile experimental artists on the contemporary scene. In the late 1970s the...

    David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
  • 2011
    John Steinbeck: Voice of America

    John Steinbeck: Voice of America

    John Steinbeck: Voice of America

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

    John Steinbeck: Voice of America
  • 1999
    Countertenors

    Countertenors

    Countertenors

    01999HD

    An LWT South Bank Show, presented by Melvyn Bragg, exploring the phenomenon of countertenor singing. With its unique, soaring beauty, the high male...

    Countertenors
  • 1977
    Whose Doctor Who

    Whose Doctor Who

    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...

    Whose Doctor Who
  • 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'
  • 1989
    It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

    It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

    It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

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    The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

    It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
  • 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

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    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
  • 1994
    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

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    A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by...

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
  • 1974
    An Artist's Story

    An Artist's Story

    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...

    An Artist's Story
  • 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