Fred Harris is a former British comedian and children's television presenter. His early career in comedy involved regular guest star appearances in the radio shows The Half-Open University and The Burkiss Way and in the television show End Of Part One. During the late 1970's and into the 1980's he was a regular presenter of the BBC children's programmes Play School and Chock-a-Block. He also fronted several home computing BBC programmes (including Micro Live) during the rise of the microcomputer. A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... The Burkiss Way was a BBC Radio 4 sketch comedy series that ran from August 1976 to November 1980. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Play School is an educational television programme for pre-school aged children. ... Chock-A-Block was a BBC childrens television programme in the early 1980s. ... The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ...