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
Wise Up (TV programme) teenage life in different countries each on the Greenwich Meridian Line. The programme led to the formation of Wised Up Productions involving Mick Robertson and Simon Morris. Morris did not contribute to "Wise Up", though he did contribute to the catalogue of programmes produced by Wised Up Productions. The programme was nominated for a BAFTA in 1996, a Children's BAFTA in 2000. As part of the 25th Anniversary of Channel 4, "Wise Up" was featured in "Radio Times." Wise Up (TV programme) Wise Up is a British factual children's television programme broadcast for nine series on Sunday mornings between 1995