| Citation | ``Lord Bragg is a major champion of science in the broadcast media both through presenttions of debates in 'Start the Week' on Radio 4 and on television. He has had a huge influence on the public perception of science over the last twenty years and continues to support science as a leading journalist. Recently he has presented 'In Our Time', a series where he and his expert guests discuss the history of ideas, and explore subjects in culture and science.
Lord Bragg is perhaps best known for the London Weekend Television ( LWT ) arts programme 'The South Bank Show ', which he has written, edited and produced since 1978. He has been Controller of Arts at LWT since 1990 (including a stint as Head of Arts from 1982 to 1990). He is also known for his many programmes on BBC Radio 4, including ' Start the Week ', which he presented for ten years, ' In Our Time ', and ' The Routes of the English ', a history of the English language. He was appointed to the House of Lords in 1998 as a Labour life peer, under the title Baron Bragg, of Wigton in the County of Cumbria.
In 1999, Bragg was appointed Chancellor of the University of Leeds. He is also President of the National Campaign for the Arts (since 1986), President of the mental health charity Mind, and a Governor of the London School of Economics (sine 1997). He was made Domus Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford, in 1990, he received an Honorary Fellowship from Wadham College Oxford, in 1995 and he holds 13 honorary doctorates. He became a member of the Arts Council Literature Panel in 1969 and has since become Chairman. Lord Bragg is a prolific novelist and writer of non-fiction, and has written a number of television and film screenplays. He is president of the National Academy of Writing. His 2008 novel, ' Remember Me', is a largely autobiographical story.
More recently, Lord Bragg has become actively engaged in the Anniversary Programme for the Royal Society serving on the 2010 Anniversary Programme Board.
Bragg of Wigton, Melvyn. Dob 06.10.1939. Broadcaster and Author
Lord Bragg is a major champion of science in the broadcast media both through presentations of debates in Start the Week on Radio 4 and on television. He has had a huge influence on the public perception of science over the last twenty years and continues to support science as a leading journalist. Recently he has presented In Our Time, a series where he and his expert guests discuss the history of ideas, and explore subjects in culture and science. Lord Bragg is perhaps best known for the London Weekend Television (LWT) arts programme The South Bank Show, which he has written, edited and produced since 1978. He has been Controller of Arts at LWT since 1990 (including a stint as Head of Arts from 1982 to 1990). He is also known for his many programmes on BBC Radio 4, including Start the Week, which he presented for ten years, In Our Time, and The Routes of English, a history of the English language. He was appointed to the House of Lords in 1998 as a Labour life peer, under the title Baron Bragg, of Wigton in the County of Cumbria. In 1999, Bragg was appointed Chancellor of the University of Leeds. He is also President of the National Campaign for the Arts (since 1986), President of the mental health charity Mind, and a Governor of the London School of Economics (since 1997). He was made Domus Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford, in 1990, he received an Honorary Fellowship from Wadham College, Oxford in 1995 and he holds 13 honorary doctorates. He became a member of the Arts Council Literature Panel in 1969 and has since become Chairman. Lord Bragg is a prolific novelist and writer of non-fiction, and has written a number of television and film screenplays. He is president of the National Academy of Writing. His 2008 novel, Remember Me is a largely autobiographical story. More recently, Lord Bragg has become actively engaged in the Anniversary Campaign for the Royal Society serving on the 2010 Anniversary Programme Board.
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