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Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He was the editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010, 2012–2023), and the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 documentary series In Our Time from 1998 to 2025.

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. After his ennoblement in 1998, he switched to presenting the new In Our Time, an academic discussion radio programme, which has run to more than one thousand broadcast editions and is also a podcast. He served as Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1999 until 2017.

In September 2025, Bragg announced that he would step down from hosting In Our Time.