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
The Food Programme The Food Programme The Food Programme is a BBC Radio 4 programme investigating and celebrating good food, founded by Derek Cooper and currently presented by Sheila Dillon. Sheila Dillon is the normal presenter of the programme, but the programme is, on occasion, presented by a different presenter - for example, the programme presented on 27 May 2012, which was about breakfast, was presented by Tim Hayward. The series is produced by Dan Saladino, who also reports for the programme and presents some episodes. It is a programme about food production, consumption and quality rather than a cookery programme with recipes.