Mike Read
Acting Born Mar 1, 1947 Bury, Lancashire, England, UK 24 credits
Biography
Michael David Kenneth Read is an English radio disc jockey, writer, journalist and television presenter. Read has been a broadcaster since 1976, best known for having been a DJ with BBC Radio 1, and television host for music chart series Top of the Pops, children's programme Saturday Superstore and music panel game Pop Quiz. He is also a prolific author, having written over 50 books, including his autobiography, Seize the Day. Read currently hosts The Heritage Chart Show on various radio stations and Talking Pictures TV. He also co-hosts The Footage Detectives with Talking Pictures TV founder Noel Cronin.
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- Top of the Pops (1964) as Self
- Top of the Pops (1964) as Self - Host
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996) as Self
- Only Fools and Horses (1981) as Himself
- Pebble Mill (1991) as Self
- The Terry and Gaby Show (2003)
- Bo' Selecta! (2002)
- Cluedo (1990) as Himself
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2002) as Self
- Hell's Kitchen (2004) as Self
- Celebrity Coach Trip (2010) as Self
- Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown (2004) as Self
- 8:15 from Manchester (1990)
- Cash in the Celebrity Attic (2008) as Self
- Bargain Hunt Famous Finds (2008)
- Pop Quiz (1981)
- The Footage Detectives (2021)
- George Michael: Easy to Pretend (2019)
- Trials and Tribulations (2008) as (archive footage)
- Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008) as (archival footage)
- Top of the Pops: The True Story (2001) as Self
- It Started with Swap Shop (2006) as Self
- When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs (2010) as Self
- George Michael: Got to Have Faith (2019) as Self