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Janet Ellis

Acting Born Sep 16, 1955 Chatham, Kent, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Janet Michell Ellis, MBE is an English television presenter, actress and writer, who is best known for presenting the children's television programmes Blue Peter and Jigsaw between 1979 and 1987. She has published two novels, The Butcher's Hook and How It Was.

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Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Teka

Richard Osman's House of Games

as Self

Celebrity Gogglebox

2019

Full filmography

  • Doctor Who (1963) as Teka
  • Ready, Steady, Cook (1994) as Self - Contestant
  • Waking the Dead (2001) as TV Reporter
  • The Sweeney (1975) as Susie
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) as Self - Participant
  • Come Dine with Me (2005)
  • Blankety Blank (1979)
  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) as Self
  • Richard Osman's House of Games (2017) as Self
  • Celebrity Masterchef (2006)
  • Celebrity Gogglebox (2019)
  • Let's Dance for Comic Relief (2009) as Self
  • Jigsaw (1979) as Janet
  • Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening (2024) as Self
  • Bargain Hunt Famous Finds (2008)
  • The 1970s: Those Were the Days (2024) as Self - Broadcaster
  • Kids' TV: The Surprising Story (2022)
  • Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985) as Julia Griffith
  • Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016) as Self
  • Talking Doctor Who (2023) as Self (archive footage)
  • Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980) as Teka
  • The Curse of Page 3 (2003) as Narrator
  • Lingerie: The Industry Exposed (1999) as Narrator
  • B.P. Confidential (1998) as Self