[1][2] 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.
[5] Michie also produced a regular slot, "Youth Takes a Bow", presented by Jack Hylton on the BBC radio variety show Monday Night at Seven.
Michie recommended him to Hylton, and the following year introduced him to another young comedian, Eric Bartholomew (later Morecambe), so starting off their successful long-running comedy partnership.
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.