Michael Björn Blakstad, FRSA (18 April 1940 – 21 November 2023) was a British television producer who was Editor of Tomorrow's World on the BBC.
He attended Oriel College, Oxford, where he gained a BA in Classics (Class III).
[3][4][5]Children in Crossfire which he wrote and produced,[6] won an award in 1974 at the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, now called the Visions du Réel.
He was also series editor of The Burke Special, and The Risk Business, about British industry.
At Tomorrow's World, he fell out with the long-established presenter Raymond Baxter, who then left the programme.