
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.

Doctor Who
TV • 1963

Waking the Dead
TV • 2001

The Sweeney
TV • 1975

Ready, Steady, Cook
TV • 1994

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011

Richard Osman's House of Games
TV • 2017

Celebrity Masterchef
TV • 2006

Come Dine with Me
TV • 2005

Celebrity Gogglebox
TV • 2019

Blankety Blank
TV • 1979

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
TV • 2009

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening
TV • 2024

The 1970s: Those Were the Days
TV • 2024

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
MOVIE • 2022

Talking Doctor Who
MOVIE • 2023

Frederick Douglass: An American Life
MOVIE • 1985

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
MOVIE • 2016

Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
MOVIE • 1980