Melvyn Bragg Movies

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

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

A documentary first presented on the South Bank Show in 1980 about the career of film director Roman Polanski.

Actor John Rhys-Davies narrates this illuminating look at the King James Bible -- the most widely sold version of the most important book in...

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

Filmed in his London studio, David Hockney sits down with Melvyn Bragg to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his...

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

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

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

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

Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".

Television documentary on playwright, actor, composer, and film maker Noel Coward.

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...

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...

a spoof TV documentary film (a "mockumentary") charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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

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

An Artist's Story concerns the confrontation of ideas between Anton, a young landscape painter, and Lydia, a young aristocratic girl who devotes her...

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.