Mike Read

Known for ActingBorn 1947-03-01 (age 79)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Multi-Coloured Saturdays

Only Fools and Horses

Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned

Bo' Selecta!

Celebrity Coach Trip

The Terry and Gaby Show

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Cluedo

Pop Quiz

Top of the Pops

Hell's Kitchen

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

Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown

8:15 from Manchester

Pebble Mill

I'm Your Number One Fan

The Footage Detectives

George Michael: Got to Have Faith

George Michael: Easy to Pretend

When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Trials and Tribulations

Bargain Hunt Famous Finds

Cash in the Celebrity Attic

It Started with Swap Shop

Top of the Pops: The True Story