2001Nominee
Best Performance
Top of the Pops: The True Story
Mike Read
Actor
Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
March 1, 1947
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2006Nominee
Best Performance
It Started with Swap Shop
2014Winner
Best Performance
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
Career Highlights
2008Highlight
Best Performance
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
1996Highlight
Best Performance
I'm Your Number One Fan
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It Started with Swap Shop
Multi-Coloured Saturdays