Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

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 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...

"Zinotchka", directed by Christopher Miles, was made for the BBC's 'FULL HOUSE' arts programme, which invited 7 directors (the others were Jonathan...

A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.

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

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

Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

Music documentary about the British band Blur during the period surrounding their 1999 album 13. The episode, titled Blur, aired on 21 November 1999...

A profile of the Iranian film industry

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

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

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

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

Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".

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

The works of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), one of the best known English Romantic artists, still play a leading role in the art market...

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

Francis Bacon revolutionised figurative painting in the 20th century. The English painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner....

A documentary on the band