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BIOGRAPHY Bragg attended the Nelson Thomlinson School in Wigton. Bragg read Modern History at Wadham College, Oxford in the late 1950s. He received an Honorary Fellowship in 1995. He started his career in 1961 as a general trainee at the BBC ; he moved into his role as writer and Broadcaster in 1967. He is 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 . Bragg 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. He is a friend of Tony Blair , the former Labour Prime Minister . In 1999 he became Chancellor of the University Of Leeds . Bragg 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 and he holds 12 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 Screenplay s. He is president of the National Academy Of Writing . BIBLIOGRAPHY Fiction
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OTHER Bragg is cited as the first person to use the term "prat" in its current context. (Source = http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2121675.ece) AWARDS AND RECOGNITION Awards
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