Person

Mike Read

Acting · Born 1947-03-01 · 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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  Top of the Pops

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  Never Mind the Buzzcocks

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• Pebble Mill

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  Only Fools and Horses

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• The Terry and Gaby Show

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  Bo' Selecta!

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  Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown

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  Celebrity Coach Trip

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  I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

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  Cluedo

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• 2021The Footage Detectives
• 2019George Michael: Got to Have FaithSelf
• 2019George Michael: Easy to Pretend
• 2014Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the BannedHimself
• 2010Celebrity Coach TripSelf
• 2010When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJsSelf
• 2008Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
• 2008Trials and Tribulations(archive footage)
• 2008Cash in the Celebrity AtticSelf
• 2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983(archival footage)
• 2006It Started with Swap ShopSelf
• 2004Hell's KitchenSelf
• 2004Holly & Stephen's Saturday ShowdownSelf
• 2003The Terry and Gaby Show
• 2002Bo' Selecta!
• 2002I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!Self
• 2001Top of the Pops: The True StorySelf
• 1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSelf
• 1996Multi-Coloured Saturdays
• 1996I'm Your Number One FanHimself
• 1991Pebble MillSelf
• 1990CluedoHimself
• 19908:15 from Manchester
• 1981Only Fools and HorsesHimself
• 1981Pop Quiz
• 1964Top of the PopsSelf