Mike Read
1947-03-01 (1947)Bury, Lancashire, England, UKActing
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
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Only Fools and Horses
TV • 1981
Bo' Selecta!
TV • 2002
Cluedo
TV • 1990
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
TV • 2004
Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2004
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
TV • 2002
Celebrity Coach Trip
TV • 2010
Pop Quiz
TV • 1981
It Started with Swap Shop
MOVIE • 2006
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
MOVIE • 2008
Trials and Tribulations
MOVIE • 2008
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
MOVIE • 2019
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
MOVIE • 2014
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
MOVIE • 2019
Top of the Pops: The True Story
MOVIE • 2001