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Michael Blakstad

1940 – 2023

Television producer and a former Editor of Tomorrow's World on the BBC

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Lived 1940 – 2023 (aged 83). Michael Blakstad was a British television producer and director.

Michael Björn Blakstad, FRSA (18 April 1940 – 21 November 2023) was a British television producer who was Editor of Tomorrow's World on the BBC.

Early life Michael Björn Blakstad was born in Penang in Malaya on 18 April 1940. He was initially educated in Australia, then North Yorkshire, where he lived. He was an only child. He attended Oriel College, Oxford, where he gained a third-class BA degree in Classics.

Career BBC Blakstad joined the BBC in 1963. In 1967 he directed the One Pair of Eyes episode "Stay Baby Stay". He became the series editor of Tomorrow's World in 1974, during what was the heyday of the series, as electronics became part of the working world. Children in Crossfire, which he wrote and produced, won an award in 1974 at the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, now called the Visions du Réel. He was also series editor of The Burke Special, and The Risk Business, about British industry. At Tomorrow's World, he fell out with the long-established presenter Raymond Baxter, who then left the programme.

ITV From 1969 to 1971, he was a producer with Yorkshire Television.

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Oriel College
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Who was Michael Blakstad?

television producer and a former Editor of Tomorrow's World on the BBC

When was Michael Blakstad born?

Michael Blakstad was born on 18 April 1940 in Penang.

When did Michael Blakstad die?

Michael Blakstad died on 21 November 2023.

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Michael Blakstad was a television producer and director.

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Michael Blakstad was British.

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· Wikipedia: Michael Blakstad

· Wikidata: Q28037506

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