Week Ending Week Ending Week Ending was a satirical radio current affairs sketch show, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, usually on Friday evenings. It ran from 1970 to 1998, and was devised by writer-producers Simon Brett and David Hatch, and was originally hosted by "Nationwide" presenter Michael Barratt. The show's title was always announced as "Week Ending..." followed by the broadcast date, although the ellipsis was dropped from its billed title in "Radio Times" during the mid-seventies. The show was written and recorded shortly before the first broadcast, and satirised events of the week. Each show concluded with "And now here
Claire Barratt of Industrial Heritage and won the Association for Industrial Archaeology Student Fieldwork Award. Presently a freelance consultant industrial archaeologist, Barratt has restored and run many different vehicles, and is currently restoring a watermill in Cornwall. She is a member of Subterranea Britannica, a society which studies and records man-made underground sites. Barratt is married to Ben, and the pair have two daughters and a pet dog. Claire Barratt Claire Barratt (born 1974) is an English industrial archaeologist, steam engineer and television presenter. Barratt studied civil engineering at the University of Portsmouth, and whilst doing so, became more interested in mechanical