Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

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

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

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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

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

A documentary on the band

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

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

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.

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

1981 episode of London Weekend Television's The South Bank Show examines the film and features interviews with novelist John Fowles, screenwriter...

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

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