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
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