Melvyn Bragg Movies

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...

The world is coming to an end, and the last survivors board a space-ship ready to leave the doomed planet Earth in search of a new world.

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

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...

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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

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

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

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 documentary on the band

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

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

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

Gerald Fox’s film documents Bill Viola and his wife and close collaborator Kira Perov’s odyssey to create two permanent video...

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

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

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

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

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

David Hockney is unquestionably one of the most passionate and versatile experimental artists on the contemporary scene. In the late 1970s the...