Bryan Michie

Thomas Bryan Michie (5 January 1906 – 24 March 1971) was a British radio and television producer, broadcaster and executive.

Biography Born in Tichborne, Hampshire, Bryan Michie started his career as a teacher, and was then a stage actor. He joined the sound effects department of BBC radio in the early 1930s, taking charge of the Effects Studios by 1933. He was responsible for devising and producing the sound effects that needed to be introduced into live radio broadcasts, such as the sounds of galloping horses, engines, and storms.

In 1934 he started producing radio variety shows, including The Air-Do-Wells and Stanelli's Stag Party, and in 1936 began working with Carroll Levis on his programmes with newly discovered performers. and, as "Professor Bryan Michie" in 1938, presented the comedy quiz show The Riddle Master on Radio Luxembourg.

Michie also produced a regular slot, "Youth Takes a Bow", presented by Jack Hylton on the BBC radio variety show Monday Night at Seven.

Through his involvement in talent shows and radio broadcasts, Michie became a well-known personality. Tall and physically imposing, with red hair, he appeared in several films, essentially as himself, including Let's Make a Night of It (1937) and The Magnet (1950). He continued to present and produce BBC radio programmes during, and after, the Second World War, including ENSA shows and Break for Music. Most notably, he was one of the most popular and regular presenters of Housewives' Choice on the Light Programme between 1946 and 1957.

In 1957, he was appointed Programme Manager at the new ITV company covering Wales and the West Country, TWW. In 1967, TWW lost its ITV franchise to Harlech Television.

Michie died in London in 1971, aged 65.