Michael Barratt was known to millions of viewers in the 1970s as a presenter on Nationwide
Mr Behrens wrote: “You have to be of a certain age to remember Michael Barratt fronting Nationwide on BBC1. It was his avuncular yet blunt Yorkshire presence that held together the daily technical shambles of trying to talk to a dozen regional presenters at the same time.
“It was The One Show of its day, except that it didn’t condescend. Viewers were still assumed to be at least as intelligent as the people in the studio.” He added: “The first rule of showbusiness is to leave the public wanting more. That’s what Barratt did in 1977 when he stepped down from the helm of Nationwide.”
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