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
Fred Harris (presenter) programme "Room 785". On this show he presents the "Broom Cupboard" slot introducing the forthcoming programmes. Fred Harris (presenter) Fred Harris is a British comedian and children's television presenter. Formerly a schoolteacher, he began his television career as a presenter of the BBC children's programme "Play School", on which he appeared regularly between 1973 and 1988. During this time he was also a presenter on "Ragtime" and "Chock-A-Block". During the rise of the microcomputer in the early 1980s he fronted several home computing BBC programmes, including "Micro Live" (which formed part of BBC's ongoing Computer Literacy Project). He also presented