Melvyn Bragg Movies

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.

A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.

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

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

Interview with Italian film director Federico Fellini.

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

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

A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

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

Profile of fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood.

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

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