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
B. A. Robertson programme, "B. A. in Music", which featured contributions from musician guests. The show made Channel 4's 2000 list "100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell" after Robertson had a confrontation with Bow Wow Wow singer Annabella Lwin during which she called the programme a 'pretty shit show' and stormed off. In 1991, Robertson was billed as the co-producer and executive musical producer for "" (), a 1991 direct-to-video release featuring top contemporary singers performing "classic Disney songs". Robertson's stage name was often mentioned in the BBC Two satirical sketch comedy programme "The Fast Show", during the recurring sketch "Chanel 9", a