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Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, FRS, FBA, FRSA, FRSL, FRTS ( born 6 October 1939 ), is an English broadcaster and author, best known for his work with the BBC and for presenting the The South Bank Show ( 1978 – 2010 ).
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Discussion with John Worrall, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics, Anthony O ' Hear, Weston Professor of Philosophy at Buckingham University, Nancy Cartwright, Professor of Philosophy at the LSE and the University of California, hosted by Melvyn Bragg.
* Machiavelli and the Italian City on the BBC's In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg ; with Quentin Skinner, Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge ; Evelyn Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London ; Lisa Jardine, Director of the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London
Contributors June Barrow-Green, Lecturer in the History of Mathematics at the Open University, Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and presenter Melvyn Bragg.
* " In Our Time " Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Etruscan civilization, With: Phil Perkins, Professor of Archaeology at the Open University ; David Ridgway, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London ; and Corinna Riva, Lecturer in Mediterranean Archaeology at University College London.
Melvyn Bragg, moderator ; with Melissa Lane, Cambridge University ; Susan James, University of London ; Karen O ’ Brien, University of Warwick.
The 1988 biography of Burton by Melvyn Bragg provides a detailed description of the many health issues that plagued Burton throughout his life.
Melvyn Bragg ; Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University ; Ruth Harris, Lecturer in Modern History at Oxford University ; Robert Tombs, Professor of French History at Cambridge University.
Melvyn Bragg presented a programme on BBC Radio 4 about pitmatic as part of a series on regional dialects.
Among recent members have been Dr Rowan Williams, the present Archbishop of Canterbury, author and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and novelist Monica Ali.
In an episode of In our time broadcast on Thu, 20 Oct 2005, 21: 30 on BBC Radio 4, Angie Hobbs, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Warwick ; Miriam Griffin, Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford ; and John Moles, Professor of Latin, University of Newcastle discussed with Melvyn Bragg the idea that Antisthenes and Diogenes in ancient Greece practiced a form of performance art and that they acquired the epithet of cynic which means " dog " due to Diogenes behaving repeatedly like a dog in his performances.
Isadora ( 1968 ), a biography of dancer Isadora Duncan, with a screenplay by ( among others ) Melvyn Bragg starred Vanessa Redgrave.
The movie was adapted by Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble and Clive Exton from the books My Life by Isadora and Isadora, an Intimate Portrait by Sewell Stokes.
In a 2006 interview with Melvyn Bragg for ITV1, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh cited Hogg, especially The Confessions as a major influence on his writing.
In an interview with Melvyn Bragg in the early 1980s, the British actor Laurence Olivier said that Disney's Big Bad Wolf was supposedly based on a widely detested American theatre actor called Jed Harris.
The secondary school and sixth form college, for pupils from 11 – 19 years old, houses the adult education centre, swimming pool, an all weather sports pitch and the " Melvyn Bragg Drama Studio " which was opened in 2005.
*" South Bank "-A cross between The South Bank Show and South Park set on the South Bank in London, featuring Melvyn Bragg / Stan Marsh, Alan Yentob / Kyle Broflovski, Mark Lawson / Eric Cartman and Kenneth Branagh / Kenny McCormick.
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Padbury was for a time married to Melvyn Hayes with whom she had two daughters, Joanna ( born 1974 ) and actress Charlotte ( born 1977 ).
* Melvyn Bragg, writer and broadcaster was born and lived his early life in the town and, when raised to the peerage, took Lord Bragg of Wigton as his title
* Melvyn Hayes-( born 1935 ) TV personality, actor well known for playing Gunner / Bombardier ' Gloria ' Beaumont in BBC TV's It Ain't Half Hot Mum
Kevin Melvyn Curren ( born 2 March 1958 in Durban, South Africa ) is a former professional tennis player.
Mel Collins ( born Melvyn Desmond Collins, 5 September 1947, Isle of Man ) is a British saxophonist and flutist and session musician.
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In Our Time is a live BBC radio discussion series exploring the history of ideas, presented by Melvyn Bragg since 15 October 1998.
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Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made for Metro Goldwyn Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch which stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas.
She then made a comeback in her first comedy playing opposite Melvyn Douglas in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka ( 1939 ).
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