Melvyn Bragg Movies
- 1998

Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams
Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Salon of Dreams71998HD
This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into this revival, and features performance footage of an...
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- 1999

Countertenors
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An LWT South Bank Show, presented by Melvyn Bragg, exploring the phenomenon of countertenor singing. With its unique, soaring beauty, the high male...
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- 1965

Always on Sunday
Always on Sunday6.51965HD
Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
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- 1997

Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees
Keppel Road: The Life and Music of the Bee Gees8.51997HD
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...
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- 1989

Norbert Smith: A Life
Norbert Smith: A Life81989HD
A mockumentary charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.
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- 2000

Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica02000HD
A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.
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- 2023

David Hockney: In Normandy
David Hockney: In Normandy02023HD
The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work with Melvyn Bragg in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans...
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- 1981

Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree01981HD
Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".
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- 1983

David Hockney: Joiner Photographs
David Hockney: Joiner Photographs01983HD
David Hockney is unquestionably one of the most passionate and versatile experimental artists on the contemporary scene. In the late 1970s the...
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- 1985

David Lean: A Life in Film
David Lean: A Life in Film61985HD
A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.
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- 2024

Art Matters
Art Matters102024HD
Join Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over 60 years, Bragg passionately advocates...
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- 1989

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible6.51989HD
Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of unconventional interconnected episodes –...
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- 1987

J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate
J.M.W. Turner: Turner at the Tate01987HD
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...
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- 1965

JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli
JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli01965HD
Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli.
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- 2017

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's5.22017HD
Gerald Fox’s film documents Bill Viola and his wife and close collaborator Kira Perov’s odyssey to create two permanent video...
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- 1988

Toulouse-Lautrec
Toulouse-Lautrec01988HD
Scenes from Huston's "Moulin Rouge," archive footage of the original locations, a Lautrec exhibition at London's "Royal Academy" and interviews with...
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- 2002

Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema
Cinema of Fire: Iranian Cinema02002HD
A profile of the Iranian film industry
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- 1994

Portrait or Bust
Portrait or Bust01994HD
Alan Bennett's personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.
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- 1990

Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood01990HD
Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.
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- 1985

Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon6.21985HD
Francis Bacon revolutionised figurative painting in the 20th century. The English painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner....
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