Michael Charlton

Michael Charlton: Michael Charlton (born 1 May 1927 in Sydney) is an Australian-born journalist and broadcaster who was long active for the BBC in the United Kingdom.

Initially, he worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a presenter in current affairs and commentator for Test cricket matches,^[1] but later moved to London. He was the Australian representative on the BBC radio cricket commentary tean for the 1956 Test series between England and Australia.^[2]

From 1962 to 1976 he was a reporter and interviewer for Panorama. In July 1969 he reported live from mission control for the BBC during the Apollo 11 moon landing. Later, during the 1980s, he presented It's Your World, a phone in programme on the BBC World Service.

References

^ BBC Profile for "Lessons from the Past", [1999] series on The Westminster Hour, BBC Radio 4.

^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Ball by Ball: The Story of Cricket Broadcasting, 1990, p181.

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1960s

Graham Kennedy (1960) · Bob Dyer (1961) · Lorrae Desmond (1962) · Michael Charlton (1963) · Bobby Limb (1964) · Jimmy Hannan (1965) · Gordon Chater (1966) · Graham Kennedy and Hazel Phillips (1967) · Brian Henderson (1968) · Graham Kennedy (1969)

1970s

Barry Crocker and Maggie Tabberer (1970) · Gerard Kennedy and Maggie Tabberer (1971) · Gerard Kennedy (1972) · Tony Barber (1973) · Graham Kennedy and Pat McDonald (1974) · Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale (1975) · Norman Gunston and Denise Drysdale (1976) · Don Lane and Jeanne Little (1977) · Graham Kennedy (1978) · Bert Newton (1979)

1980s

Mike Walsh (1980) · Bert Newton (1981) · Bert Newton (1982) · Daryl Somers (1983) · Bert Newton (1984) · Rowena Wallace (1985) · Daryl Somers (1986) · Ray Martin (1987) · Kylie Minogue (1988) · Daryl Somers (1989)

1990s

Craig McLachlan (1990) · Steve Vizard (1991) · Jana Wendt (1992) · Ray Martin (1993) · Ray Martin (1994) · Ray Martin (1995) · Ray Martin (1996) · Lisa McCune (1997) · Lisa McCune (1998) · Lisa McCune (1999)

2000s

Lisa McCune (2000) · Georgie Parker (2001) · Georgie Parker (2002) · Rove McManus (2003) · Rove McManus (2004) · Rove McManus (2005) · John Wood (2006) · Kate Ritchie (2007) · Kate Ritchie (2008) · Rebecca Gibney (2009)

2010s

Ray Meagher (2010) · Karl Stefanovic (2011)

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