Melvyn Bragg Movies

In this documentary Roy Lichtenstein is interviewed and discusses his life and art work, what influenced him, where his ideas came from, how his art...

Eric Idle is interviewed by Melvyn Bragg in this 2006 episode of The South Bank Show (1978). The surviving members of Monty Python discuss the huge...

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

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...

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

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by...

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.

This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us...

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

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

An irreverent survey of British Music.

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

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

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