Melvyn Bragg
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Melvyn Bragg FBA |
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Bragg in 2011
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6 October 1939 Carlisle, Cumberland, England |
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| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford | ||
| Occupation | Broadcaster, presenter, interviewer, commentator, novelist, scriptwriter | ||
| Notable work | In Our Time | ||
| Television | The South Bank Show | ||
| Political party | Labour | ||
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Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, FRSL, FBA, FRS, (born 6 October 1939) is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of the The South Bank Show (1978–2010), and for the Radio 4 discussion series In Our Time.
Earlier in his career, Bragg worked for the BBC in various roles including presenter, a connection that resumed in 1988 when he began to host Start the Week on Radio 4. After his ennoblement in 1998, he switched to presenting the new In Our Time, an academic discussion radio programme, which has run to over 700 broadcast editions, and is a popular podcast. He is currently Chancellor of the University of Leeds.
Bragg was born on 6 October 1939 in Carlisle, the son of Mary Ethel (née Park), a tailor, and Stanley Bragg, a stock keeper turned mechanic. He was given the name Melvyn by his mother after she saw the actor Melvyn Douglas at a local cinema. He was raised in the small town of Wigton, where he attended the Wigton primary school and later the Nelson Thomlinson Grammar School, where he was Head Boy. He was an only child, born a year after his parents married, on the eve of World War II. His father was away from home serving with the Royal Air Force for four years during the war. His upbringing and childhood experiences were typical of the working class environment of that era.
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