
Janet Ellis
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

B.P. Confidential
1998

Talking Doctor Who
2023

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022

The Man Behind the Masquerade
2009

Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
1980

Lingerie: The Industry Exposed
1999

Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985

The Curse of Page 3
2003

The Sweeney
1975

Doctor Who
1963

Come Dine with Me
2005

Waking the Dead
2001

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007

Celebrity Masterchef
2006

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008

Blankety Blank
1979

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

Richard Osman's House of Games
2017

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994

Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets
2024

The 1970s: Those Were the Days
2024

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening
2024

Celebrity Gogglebox
2019