Melvyn Bragg Movies

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus'...

During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital...

This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about...

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

Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately, he chooses wacky...

Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us a comprehensive look at the British pioneer rock group, The Who. It captures their...

Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process...

This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us...

An American actor in England tries to find love and work.

A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.

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

Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie...

A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as...

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

In a programme broadcast 70 years to the day after the outbreak of WWII, people who were alive at the time speak of their memories.

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

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.

A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance...

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".