Michael Buerk
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Buerk during the filming for Britain's Secret Treasures at the British Museum, London, on 23 June 2012
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Michael Duncan Buerk 18 February 1946 Solihull, West Midlands, England |
| Education | Secondary: Solihull School and UWI Cardiff |
| Occupation | TV presenter, newsreader, journalist |
| Notable credit(s) |
BBC News Britain's Secret Treasures |
| Spouse(s) | Christine |
| Children |
Roland Simon |
| Parent(s) | Betty Gordon |
Michael Duncan Buerk (born 18 February 1946) is an English journalist and newsreader, whose reporting of the Ethiopian famine on 23 October 1984 inspired the Band Aid charity record and, subsequently, the Live Aid concert. Buerk has been the host of BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze since 1990.
Buerk was born in Solihull, West Midlands, and was educated at Solihull School, an Independent school in the West Midlands where he was a member of the Combined Cadet Force and represented the school on the sports field.
Buerk's hopes of a career in the Royal Air Force were dashed when he failed an eyesight test at the selection centre. He briefly worked as a hod carrier.
Buerk began his career in journalism with the Bromsgrove Messenger, South Wales Echo (he shared a house with Sue Lawley in Cardiff), and the Daily Mail. He joined Radio Bristol in 1970 before becoming a reporter for BBC News in 1973.
From 1983 to 1987, Buerk was the BBC's South Africa correspondent during the dying years of apartheid in South Africa. Buerk's uncompromising reports on the brutalities of the regime resulted in the South African government expelling him from the country after four years in the post.
He later anchored the BBC Nine O'Clock News and BBC News at Ten.
In 2010, Buerk narrated Sky1 reality show Pineapple Dance Studios. Buerk has also made five guest appearances on the BBC's The One Show in April and September 2010. He has also appeared as a fill-in presenter for Jason Manford on six occasions.
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