Michael John Bakewell (7 June 1931 – 11 July 2023) was a British radio and television producer.
His childhood was spent in Sutton Coldfield, where he attended Bishop Vesey's Grammar School.
After completing his National Service in the Royal Air Force, he studied English literature at King's College, Cambridge.
[5] He adapted (with Brian Sibley) The Lord of the Rings into a 1981 radio series, and he adapted 27 of Agatha Christie's Poirot novels for broadcast between 1985 and 2007 – the major omission being Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, the rights to which proved unobtainable – and all 12 Miss Marple novels, broadcast between 1993 and 2001.
[6] He was also the dubbing director for the English versions of the Japanese television series The Water Margin and Monkey, which were screened by the BBC, among many of Manga Video UK's dubs (and many dubs for both Central Park Media and Manga Video UK), e.g., Cyber City Oedo, Devilman, Dominion Tank Police, Patlabor (Manga PAL version - movies 1 and 2), Tokyo Babylon, Genocyber, Roujin Z, Angel Cop, Violence Jack and many others.