Melvyn Bragg Movies

This documentary, shot entirely on location in Havana, includes many band members' insights into this revival, and features performance footage of an...

Melvyn Bragg sets out to unravel the many questions surrounding one of the Bible's most enigmatic and controversial figures: Mary Magdalene.

Interview with director/choreographer Bob Fosse, first shown on British television.

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...

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

Interview with the British author, William Golding.

The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work with Melvyn Bragg in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans...

A profile of the Iranian film industry

Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli

An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist - one of Britain's most beloved painters - in London and Normandy, and...