Mike Read
Known for ActingBorn 1947-03-01Bury, 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.
Known for
Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001 · as Self
Multi-Coloured Saturdays
1996
I'm Your Number One Fan
1996 · as Himself
It Started with Swap Shop
2006 · as Self
Trials and Tribulations
2008 · as (archive footage)
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
2019
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008 · as (archival footage)
When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
2010 · as Self
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
2019 · as Self
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
2014 · as Himself