
Mike Read
Acting
Born 1947-03-01 · 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.
Known for

Pop Quiz
1981 · TV

Celebrity Coach Trip
2010 · TV

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002 · TV

Only Fools and Horses
1981 · TV

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · TV

Bo' Selecta!
2002 · TV

Cluedo
1990 · TV

Top of the Pops
1964 · TV

Hell's Kitchen
2004 · TV

Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
2004 · TV