Mike Read
Known for
Acting
Born
March 1, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Best known work
Only Fools and Horses
1981
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002
Top of the Pops
1964
Bo' Selecta!
2002
Hell's Kitchen
2004
Cluedo
1990
Pebble Mill
1991
I'm Your Number One Fan
1996
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
2004Filmography
2021
2019
2019
2014
2010
2010
2008
2008
Trials and Tribulationsas (archive footage)
2008
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983as (archival footage)
2006
It Started with Swap Shopas Self
2004
2004
2003
2002
2002
2001
1996
1996
1996
I'm Your Number One Fanas Himself
1991
1990
1990
1981
1981
Pop QuizTV