Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

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

An American actor in England tries to find love and work.

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

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature...

Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us a comprehensive look at the British pioneer rock group, The Who. It captures their...

Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately, he chooses wacky...

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...

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

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

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie...

Documentary about British film director Michael Powell

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

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as...

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

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