Mike Read
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
2019
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
2019
It Started with Swap Shop
2006
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
2014
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Trials and Tribulations
2008
I'm Your Number One Fan
1996
When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
2010
Multi-Coloured Saturdays
1996
Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001
Only Fools and Horses
1981
Bo' Selecta!
2002
Top of the Pops
1964
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
8:15 from Manchester
1990
Pop Quiz
1981
Pebble Mill
1991
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
Cash in the Celebrity Attic
2008
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Top of the Pops
1964
The Footage Detectives
2021
Hell's Kitchen
2004
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002
Cluedo
1990
Celebrity Coach Trip
2010
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
2004