Education
University of Birmingham.
University of Birmingham.
He is also a former presenter of the weekly politics programme, the Politics Show, in addition to his work presenting Midlands Today, produced by the "s West Midlands region. Michael Collie began his full-time broadcasting career on WM as the early morning newsreader. He has also worked as a newsreader on Radio 2.
On television he worked on "Countryfile" as a presenter/reporter for 6 years, also presenting on "Top Gear" for two series.
He was the presenter of 2"s "Paddles Up" canoeing series, and also appeared as a model on 1"s "The Clothes Show". Michael Collie"s voice has appeared across the 1 network, including on "Telly Addicts" and "The Day on One".
Midlands Today
Michael joined the team at Midlands Today and Birmingham in 1995 and presents across the output. The Politics Show
Michael is a former presenter of the Politics Show in the West Midlands, and prior to that "The Midlands At Westminster".
Away from broadcasting, Michael has scripted and hosted concerts for the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Birmingham.
He has also worked with other music ensembles, including Birmingham Symphonic Winds. Previously he worked as a motorcycle courier, a painter and decorator and in a steel rolling-mill in Sheffield. He has 4 children.
Michael Collie went to school in Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
He lives near Pershore, Worcestershire.
He studied Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham in the early 1980s. He is an Ambassador for Girlguiding United Kingdom in Birmingham and also Patron of two charities: Side by Side Theatre Company (Stourbridge) and Wings, both charities for people with learning or development difficulties.
He is a Vice-President of the Gentlemen Songsters Male Voice Choir, a local Patron of Fairtrade and in 2011 was made Honorary Colonel of the Warwickshire and West Midlands (South Sector) Army Cadet Force. Michael Collie was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 2005 and the VRSM in 2015.