Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg Baron Bragg CH HonFRS FRSL FBA 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 South Bank Show 19782010 and for the BBC Radio 4 documentary 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 900 broadcast editions and is a popular podcast He was Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1999 until 2017 Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvyn Bragg licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia