Mike Read
Acting1947Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Acting History
2014
2011
Cash in the Celebrity Attic
TVas Self• 1 eps
2010
Celebrity Coach Trip
TVas Self
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
as (archival footage)
Trials and Tribulations
as (archive footage)
2006
It Started with Swap Shop
as Self
2004
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
TVas Self• 1 eps
Hell's Kitchen
TVas Self
2003
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TVas Self• 1 eps
2002
2001
1996
1990
Cluedo
TVas Himself
1985
Only Fools and Horses
TVas Himself• 1 eps
1981
1964
Top of the Pops
TVas Self - Host / Self
Top of the Pops
TVPresenter