Michael Barratt (television presenter) to the UK, he worked as a production journalist on several English regional newspapers including a period at the "Wolverhampton Express & Star". At the same time, he contributed regularly to the BBC World Service and began a freelance television reporting career, initially on the Midlands regional current affairs magazine "Scan". He became a reporter on the BBC current affairs programmes "Midlands Today", going on to present "Panorama", then "24 Hours". He was a "Nationwide" presenter from 1969 to 1977. He was also chairman of BBC Radio 4's "Gardeners' Question Time" from 1973 to 1977. He was also a presenter
Criticism of the BBC claim that global temperatures had not risen in the past decade on BBC Radio 4's "Today Programme" (which the organisation acknowledged breached its editorial guidelines) and in 2018, Carbon Brief released an internal notice sent by Fran Unsworth, BBC director of news and current affairs, arguing that the BBC's coverage of climate change often went against its own guidelines on accuracy and created a false balance with regard to impartiality stating: "Manmade climate change exists: If the science proves it we should report it. … To achieve impartiality, you do not need to include outright deniers of climate change in