Melvyn Bragg Movies

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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

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

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

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

Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

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...

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...

This documentary traces the lives of Gibb brothers and takes a look through their memories, creating some of the greatest hits in the world as the...

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

An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

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

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

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

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...

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