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31 results found for '"Melvyn Bragg"' in Person.

  • Tempest, The (2013 Radio)

    Series
    In Our Time
    Producer
    Thomas Morris

    Radio series in which Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced modern times. In this episode Melvyn Bragg discusses The Tempest with Jonathan Bate, Katherine...

  • My Own Shakespeare: Melvyn Bragg (2012 Radio)

    Series
    My Own Shakespeare
    Producer
    Lucy Collingwood

    Radio series in which public figures are interviewed about their favourite bit of Shakespeare. In this episode broadcaster Melvyn Bragg chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 3 Scene 2) as the piece of...

  • Ian McKellen (2010 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show Revisited, The
    Director
    Bob Bee
    Producer
    Bob Bee

    Television arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Ian McKellen talks to Melvyn Bragg about his life and career. This is McKellen’s fourth visit to the South Bank Show and this programme includes extracts...

  • Judi Dench (2010 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show Revisited, The
    Director
    Archie Powell
    Producer
    Archie Powell

    Documentary. Melvyn Bragg interviews Judi Dench at the Rose Theatre, Kingston where she is appearing as Titania in Peter Hall’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There are no extracts from the...

  • Tempest, The (2009 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Producer
    Paul Tickell

    Anthology arts series. Examines why The Tempest, still holds such fascination for modern audiences. Melvyn Bragg investigates the events surrounding the writing of the play, including contemporary interest...

  • Royal Shakespeare Company, The (2009 Video)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Naomi Wright
    Producer
    Jonathan Levi

    Anthology arts series. In this final edition of The South Bank Show presenter Melvyn Bragg goes behind the scenes at the Royal Shakespeare Company as it embarks on an ambitious programme of work inspired by...

  • King Lear (2008 Multimedia, Radio)

    aka: Lear

    Series
    In Our Time
    Producer
    James Cook

    Radio broadcast. In this episode of the programme on the history of ideas, host Melvyn Bragg discusses Shakespeare’s King Lear with guests Jonathan Bate, Catherine Belsey and Katherine Duncan-Jones. Issues...

  • Macbeth (2007 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Aurora Gunn
    Producer
    Aurora Gunn

    Anthology arts series. The programme examines how the ideas which Shakespeare’s play addresses (tyranny, ambition, power) have resonances in twentieth and twenty-first century politics and political...

  • Romeo and Juliet (2006 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    David Thomas
    Producer
    David Thomas

    Television documentary, introduced by Melvyn Bragg, that examines the enduring appeal of Romeo and Juliet. A somewhat pedestrian account of the play’s appeal offering few fresh insights. The programme...

  • Christopher Marlowe (2005 Radio)

    Series
    In Our Time
    Producer
    Charlie Taylor

    Radio series in which Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced modern times. This episode looks at Christopher Marlowe. It asks if he was assassinated by the...