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Able to provide - Fixing, Live Radio, Print, Radio Newsgathering, Radio Packages and some TV. BBC credits include Diana Ross & The Best of Jazz (as co-writer/co-producer): The Capitol Records Story and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (as creator/writer/producer/host); and several BBC live Oscar specials (writer/host/producer). He was also reporter/field producer for Entertainment Weekly’s daily radio show); and on-air reporter/producer for NBC, Mutual, AP and Westwood One radio. Mike has produced numerous entertainment specials and arranged, researched and conducted more than 75,000 interviews with Royalty, world leaders (including three US Presidents), A-list celebrities and cultural icons (Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the King of Jordan, Robert DeNiro, Burt Lancaster, Sophia Loren and Brad Pitt - to name a few); co-wrote and/or co-produced BBC specials/series on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, Bob Newhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Laurel & Hardy, Liberace, Sir Lew Grade, Neil Diamond and Simon & Garfunkel, along with an award-winning 12-hour special on Frank Sinatra and annual programs on and from the Oscars. Mike has traveled extensively throughout Europe, USA, Canada and South America on journalistic assignments for print, radio, TV, web and film. He has frequently covered/attended premier events, including the Academy, Emmy and Grammy Awards and Film Festivals in Cannes, Venice, Toronto, etc. The World Cup, the Olympics and Baseball’s All-Star game.