# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvyn-bragg
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:40:56.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvyn-bragg"
name: "Melvyn Bragg"
slug: "melvyn-bragg"
description: "Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, is an English broadcaster, author, and parliamentarian. 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 BBC Radio 4. He was also the editor and presenter of The South Bank Show, and served as Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1999 until 2017."
tagline: "British broadcaster and author (born 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bragg_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1939-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "ميلفين براغ"
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    title: "Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melvyn Bragg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melvyn Bragg"
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    title: "Melvyn Bragg"
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    title: "Melvyn Bragg"
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    title: "Melvyn Bragg"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump