Melvyn Bragg Movies

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 the...

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

This documentary, originally presented on the television series The South Bank Show, covers actor Humphrey Bogart's life and career, including...

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

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

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

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

A legendary collection of miniature paintings have been locked up in the storeroom of an Indian palace for years; the collection's fame attracts a...

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

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

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

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

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

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

A feat that fully matches its title, an alphabetical trawl through both the history of British music and Russell's own likes and dislikes, the latter...

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

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible into English, which made him a threat to the...

Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of unconventional interconnected episodes –...

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