Known for

Acting

Born

Mar 1, 1947 (79 years old)

Place of birth

Bury, Lancashire, England, UK

Mike Read

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.

Titles

Top of the Pops

Series • 1964

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Series • 1996

Only Fools and Horses

Series • 1981

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

Series • 2002

Cluedo

Series • 1990

Hell's Kitchen

Series • 2004

Pop Quiz

Series • 1981

It Started with Swap Shop

Movie • 2006

Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned

Movie • 2014

Multi-Coloured Saturdays

Movie • 1996

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Movie • 2008

George Michael: Easy to Pretend

Movie • 2019

George Michael: Got to Have Faith

Movie • 2019