Mike Read
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1 March 1947 (79 years old)
Place of birthBury, Lancashire, England, UK
Known credits26
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 …
The Footage Detectives
2021
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
2019 · Self
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
2019
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
2014 · Himself
Celebrity Coach Trip
2010 · Self
When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
2010 · Self
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
Trials and Tribulations
2008 · (archive footage)
Cash in the Celebrity Attic
2008 · Self
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008 · (archival footage)
It Started with Swap Shop
2006 · Self
Hell's Kitchen
2004 · Self
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
2004 · Self
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Bo' Selecta!
2002
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002 · Self
Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001 · Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self
Multi-Coloured Saturdays
1996
I'm Your Number One Fan
1996 · Himself
Pebble Mill
1991 · Self
Cluedo
1990 · Himself
8:15 from Manchester
1990
Only Fools and Horses
1981 · Himself
Pop Quiz
1981
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self - Host
Top of the Pops
1964 · Presenter
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