Mike Read
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1947
- 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.
Movies with Mike Read
- I'm Your Number One Fan 1996 · ★ 4.0
- Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned 2014 · ★ 7.5
- Multi-Coloured Saturdays 1996 · ★ 8.0
- George Michael: Got to Have Faith 2019
- George Michael: Easy to Pretend 2019
- It Started with Swap Shop 2006
- Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 2008
- Trials and Tribulations 2008
- When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs 2010
- Top of the Pops: The True Story 2001