Mick Robertson Mick Robertson Michael Robertson (born February 14, 1946 in Petworth, Sussex) is a former presenter of the ITV children's television magazine programme "Magpie". He attended Midhurst Grammar School and trained as a teacher before working in a London play scheme. He then worked as a researcher for Thames Television. He co-presented "Magpie" from 1972 to 1980, then went on to present an out of school activity programme called "Freetime". When "Freetime" was axed by ITV in 1985, he helped to establish The Children's Channel, where he presented a show called "Roustabout". Since the 1980s he has produced television programmes for
Newswatch (UK TV programme) Newswatch (UK TV programme) Newswatch is a weekly BBC television programme presented by Samira Ahmed that provides a viewer and listener right-of-reply for BBC News. The programme was originally made in studio TC7 at BBC Television Centre, however in January 2013, the show moved to New Broadcasting House in central London. The programme was launched in 2004 as a response to the Hutton Inquiry, as part of an initiative to make BBC News more accountable. The programme is sometimes broadcast on the BBC News channel on Friday evenings at 19:45 or 20:45 (7.45 or 8:45pm) and at 3.45am on Saturdays,