Mike Read
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1947-03-01
Place of birth: 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.
Known for
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
2019Self
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
2019
It Started with Swap Shop
2006Self
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
2014Himself
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008(archival footage)
Trials and Tribulations
2008(archive footage)
I'm Your Number One Fan
1996HimselfWhen Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
2010SelfMulti-Coloured Saturdays
1996