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
John O'Donoghue (TV presenter) later work included the regional news and features programmes "Next Stop" in the 1970s and "Ireland’s Eye" (1980-83). John O'Donoghue (TV presenter) John O’Donoghue (1931–2014) was a broadcaster. He grew up in Milltown, Co. Kildare, and studied history at UCD. He later trained as a barrister, but pursued a career in broadcasting instead. O'Donoghue joined Telefís Éireann in the early 1960s, and presented the new station's first current affairs programme, "Broadsheet". He also presented Irish television’s first coverage of a general election count in 1965, from a special "elections newsroom" in Studio One. O’Donoghue then went on to present the