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  1. Worlds of Edward Bond, The (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    Geoff Donlop
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Playwright Edward Bond in conversation with Melvyn Bragg, discusses the concerns that have informed his work since the mid-1960s. Shows excerpts from ‘Saved’, ‘The Fool’, ‘The Women’ and ‘The...

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  2. Anthony Caro (2005)

    Director
    Nigel Wattis
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 50 minutes), £14.95

    Sir Anthony Caro (b. 1924), one of Britain’s most eminent sculptors, talks to critic Melvyn Bragg about his life and ideas, and discusses his own works at the exhibition and in his studio. The film was...

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  3. David Hockney on Modern Art: An Interview with Melvyn Bragg (1981)

    Director
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 46 minutes), £50.00

    A studio discussion in which David Hockney offers a personal account of the development of modern art in the 20th century and defends its frequent divergence from ‘photographic ' realism. He traces the...

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  4. Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)

    Director
    Louise Osmond
    Subject
    Film studies; Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 93 minutes), £9.99

    Portrait of film director Ken Loach, looking back on his career, as he prepares to release his latest film ‘I, Daniel Blake’. Features interviews with Loach’s friends and collaborators including...

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  5. Routes of English Special: Churchill’s Roar (2005)

    Subject
    English language and literature; History

    Melvyn Bragg presents an analysis and celebration of the remarkable language, voice and vocal acrobatics displayed throughout his life by Sir Winston Churchill. The programme examines the way Churchill used...

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  6. Adventure of English, The (2009)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Languages
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 405 minutes), £43.05

    Melvyn Bragg and a host of experts explore the vibrant ,1500-year history of the English language in this 8-part television series. How did it grow from a relatively insignificant Germanic dialect to become...

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  7. Thomas Hardy 2 (197)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

    One of a series of audiotaped discussions which show literary criticism as a living, evolving interchange. This discussion is between Melvyn Bragg (writer and broadcaster) and R. Gittings (poet, playwright...

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  8. Francis Bacon (2007)

    Director
    David Hinton
    Producer
    David Hinton
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 55 minutes), £17.99

    A portrait of British artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992), whose work features distorted human figures in empty rooms. Melvyn Bragg follows Bacon’s daily activities from his cluttered studio, to a pub and...

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  9. Alchemy (2010)

    Subject
    Chemistry

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Alchemy, the ancient science of transformations. The most famous alchemical text is the Emerald Tablet, written around 500BC and attributed to the mythical...

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  10. Routes of English, The - Inside English: Do You Know What You Are Saying? (2006)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Some forty years ago great hopes were raised in the literary community that the sort of routine mechanical analysis of literary texts (e.g. word counts and frequency of use of particular terms) that the...

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