Mike Read
Known for: Acting
Born: March 1, 1947
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
10 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
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The Footage Detectives
2021
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George Michael: Got to Have Faith
2019
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George Michael: Easy to Pretend
2019
7.5
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
2014
7.0
Celebrity Coach Trip
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When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
2010NR
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
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Trials and Tribulations
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Cash in the Celebrity Attic
2008
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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
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It Started with Swap Shop
2006
6.2
Hell's Kitchen
2004
6.0
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
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The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
7.1
Bo' Selecta!
2002
6.0
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002
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Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001
7.0
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Multi-Coloured Saturdays
1996
4.0
I'm Your Number One Fan
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Pebble Mill
1991
6.8
Cluedo
19905.0
8:15 from Manchester
1990
8.1
Only Fools and Horses
1981
6.5
Pop Quiz
1981
6.6
Top of the Pops
1964