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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...