Michael Buerk

Michael Duncan Buerk (born February 18, 1946) is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze since 1990. Buerk also presented the TV programme Royal Recipes from 2017 to 2019. He was the presenter of BBC One's docudrama 999 from 1992 to 2003. Buerk began his journalism career with the Bromsgrove Messenger, South Wales Echo, and the Daily Mail. He joined BBC Radio Bristol in 1970. Buerk was born in Solihull, Warwickshire, and attended Solihull School. He briefly worked as a hod carrier before pursuing a career in journalism.More