Michael Barratt (television presenter) • 2. "Nationwide" presenter Dilys Morgan on 7 August 1977. (2 sons and 1 daughter). Michael Barratt was in Robert Morley's Book of Bricks. He referred to an interview with a black dictator; when he fielded the riposte: "two blacks don't make a white." Michael Barratt (television presenter) Michael Fieldhouse Barratt (born 3 January 1928) is an English television presenter and announcer. He is mainly known for his lengthy period as the main presenter on "Nationwide". Michael Barratt was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father was a civil servant. Barratt was educated at Rossall School, an independent
BBC Forces Programme National Programme (200 and 1149 kHz) were taken over by the new BBC Light Programme. The pre-war National Programme, whilst using the same frequencies and transmitters as the post-war Light Programme, was not the general entertainment network its successor the Light Programme became. The Light Programme was more of a child of the Forces and General Forces Programme, with a style of presentation and programming that had not existed in the United Kingdom before the war. BBC Forces Programme The BBC Forces Programme was a BBC radio station which operated from 7 January 1940 until 26 February 1944. Upon the