Michael Barratt (television presenter) 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 boys' school near Fleetwood, Lancashire, and at Paisley Grammar School in Scotland. After leaving school, he became a journalist for Kemsley newspapers, before moving to Nigeria to be editor of the "Nigerian Citizen" and to work for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service. Following his return
Broadcasting House (radio programme) but on gaining his own new obituary strand on Radio 4, "Last Word", most editions of "BH" in the spring/summer of 2006 were presented by "Working Lunch" and BBC Three presenter Paddy O'Connell. Glover did not return, instead taking on the Saturday 9am slot with "Saturday Live", and on 30 August 2006, O'Connell was named as the new regular host of "BH". Broadcasting House (radio programme) Broadcasting House is a current affairs programme on BBC Radio 4, presented by Paddy O'Connell. It is broadcast every Sunday between 9am and 10am. "Broadcasting House" or "BH" was launched in 1998. There used