Mike Read

Mar 1, 1947 - Bury, Lancashire, England, UK

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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Movie	2019	George Michael: Got to Have Faith	Self
Movie	2019	George Michael: Easy to Pretend
Movie	2006	It Started with Swap Shop	Self
Movie	2014	Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned	Himself
Movie	2008	Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983	(archival footage)
Movie	2008	Trials and Tribulations	(archive footage)
Movie	1996	I'm Your Number One Fan	Himself
Movie	2010	When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs	Himself
TV Show	1981	Only Fools and Horses		1
TV Show	2002	Bo' Selecta!		1
TV Show	1964	Top of the Pops	Self	1
TV Show	2003	The Terry and Gaby Show		1
TV Show	1990	8:15 from Manchester		1
TV Show	1981	Pop Quiz		47
TV Show	1991	Pebble Mill	Self	1
TV Show	2008	Bargain Hunt Famous Finds		1
TV Show	2008	Cash in the Celebrity Attic	Self	1
TV Show	1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self	1
TV Show	1964	Top of the Pops	Self - Host	617
TV Show	2021	The Footage Detectives		37
TV Show	2004	Hell's Kitchen	Self	1
TV Show	2002	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	Self	8
TV Show	1990	Cluedo	Himself	1

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