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
Uduak Amimo the English to Africa service. She joined the BBC in 2002, as a producer and presenter with the English-language BBC African news and current affairs programmes, Network Africa and Focus on Africa Amimo presented, produced and edited radio programmes for the African News and Current Affairs section of the BBC World Service before becoming a Senior Producer and Presenter of the BBC African flagship programme, Focus on Africa. In 2006, Amimo was appointed Senior Editorial Adviser, supporting the Director of the BBC World Service, Nigel Chapman. She moved to Ethiopia in 2009 to become the BBC correspondent in Addis Ababa,