Melvyn Bragg

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

A documentary on the band

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

Dennis Potter a television dramatist talks about his work, politics and his fears for both.

Alan Bennett’s personal overview of art, filmed in the atmospheric location of a Leeds art gallery.

Television documentary about British film director Ken Loach.

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

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

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 ...

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

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

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

To mark his fiftieth birthday in 1988, London’s Tate Gallery staged a major retrospective of his work. Melvyn Bragg joined David Hockney ...

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

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

Documentary about British film director Michael Powell

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

A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film “Local Hero.”

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

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

1981 episode of London Weekend Television’s The South Bank Show examines the film and features interviews with novelist John Fowles, ...

Interview with the British author, William Golding.

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