Melvyn Bragg Movies

Produced in 1993, this documentary depicts the development of Annie Leibovitz's career as a celebrity photographer.

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

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

William is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naïve Ann, but she nearly as quickly begins to...

Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process...

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

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

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

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

A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.

The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy and...

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

A profile of the Iranian film industry

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

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional...

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

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.

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

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