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
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