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
This Week (2003 TV programme) Wizard" by Harold Arlen). This Week (2003 TV programme) This Week is a British current affairs and politics TV programme, screened on Thursday evenings on BBC One. It is hosted by former "Sunday Times" editor Andrew Neil, with a panel of two commentators, one each from the right and left of the political spectrum. The show was introduced on 16 January 2003, along with "The Daily Politics", after a major review of BBC political programmes. It replaced the nightly "Despatch Box" (1998–2002), for which Andrew Neil had been the sole presenter in its later years, and which, in turn, had