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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1947-03-01 00:00:00
Birth Place:Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For:Acting
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Mike Read
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.
Filmography (10)
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Role: (archival footage)2008
Top of the Pops: The True Story
Role: Self2001
It Started with Swap Shop
Role: Self2006
Trials and Tribulations
Role: (archive footage)2008
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Multi-Coloured Saturdays
actor1996
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
actor2019
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
Role: Himself2014
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
Role: Self2019
I'm Your Number One Fan
Role: Himself1996
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When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
Role: Self2010