Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 01, 1947
Place of Birth
Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits
26 titles
Mike Read
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
Filmography
The Footage Detectives
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
Self
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
Himself
Celebrity Coach Trip
Self
When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
Self
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
Trials and Tribulations
(archive footage)
Cash in the Celebrity Attic
Self
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
(archival footage)
It Started with Swap Shop
Self
Hell's Kitchen
Self
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
Self
The Terry and Gaby Show
Bo' Selecta!
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Self
Top of the Pops: The True Story
Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
Multi-Coloured Saturdays
I'm Your Number One Fan
Himself
Pebble Mill
Self
Cluedo
Himself
8:15 from Manchester
Only Fools and Horses
Himself
Pop Quiz
Top of the Pops
Self