Michael David Kenneth "Mike" Read (born 1 March 1947 in Heywood, Lancashire) is an English radio disc jockey, writer, journalist and television presenter. Read has been a broadcaster for nearly 40 years, and is best known for his (former) association with BBC Radio 1 where he was one of the station's DJs.
[on "Pop Quiz" (1981)_] There were people on it that you wouldn't get on a panel show. I mean people like Morrissey, Bob Geldof, you wouldn't normally get them on panel shows.
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Sadly for my sins I've been punished with being an ideas man. I'm one of those weird creative engines that comes up with ideas.
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Fact
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He is a prominent supporter of the United Kingdom Independence Party. In 2014, he released a single, "UKIP Calypso", performed with a mock Caribbean accent, but he withdrew it after accusations it was racist.
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Plays guitar.
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Veteran British DJ, and co-founder of The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles with Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice and Jo Rice in 1977.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Roland Rat: The Series
1986
TV Series
Interviewer
Only Fools and Horses....
1985
TV Series
Mike Read
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
1965
Stuntman (uncredited)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tin Pan Alley
2016
TV Series
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tin Pan Alley
2016
TV Series executive producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
3-2-1
1982
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
2015
Documentary thanks
Hendrix on Hendrix
2013
Documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Good Morning Britain
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Pop Quiz: The Comeback
2016
TV Series
Himself - Host
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1981
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself - TOTP Presenter
Most Shocking Christmas TV Moments
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - TV Presenter & DJ Extraordinaire
Who's Doing the Dishes?
2015
TV Series
Himself
The One Show
2014
TV Series
Himself
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Radio DJ
Most Shocking Moments in Pop
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself - DJ
The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
2014
TV Mini-Series
Himself
South at Six
2013
TV Series
Himself
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2003-2012
TV Series
Himself
Shakin' Stevens: The Remarkable Career of Michael Barratt
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Broadcaster
Celebrity Coach Trip
2012
TV Series
Himself - Contestant
Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Presenter, Saturday Superstore / DJ / Music Historian
The John Craven Years
2011
TV Special documentary
Himself
Celebrity Ghost Stories UK
2011
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Cash in the Celebrity Attic
2011
TV Series
Himself
When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Funny Side of...
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2009
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast
2009
TV Series
Himself - Former Radio 1 DJ
When the Stranglers Met Roland Rat
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Perfect Night In
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Harvey Goldsmith: Get Your Act Together
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
2007
TV Special documentary
Himself
The Sunday Programme
2007
TV Series
Himself
Midsomer Murders
2007
TV Series
Himself
It Started with... Swap Shop
2006
TV Movie
Himself
Top of the Pops
1978-2006
TV Series
Himself - Presenter / Himself - Host
Richard & Judy
2006
TV Series
Himself
Showbiz Poker
2006
TV Series
Himself
100 Greatest Funny Moments
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Now That's Embarrassing: The 80s
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Greatest Before They Were Stars TV Moments
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Favouritism
2005
TV Series
Himself
DiscoMania 2: Don't Stop the Music
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2005
TV Series
Himself
GMTV
2005
TV Series
Himself
The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2004
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Abbamania 2
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Curse of Noel Edmonds
2004
TV Movie documentary
Noel Edmonds
X-Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to Ban
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
This Morning
2004
TV Series
Himself
Bo' Selecta!
2004
TV Series
Himself
Star Sale
2004
TV Series
Himself
Becoming Queen
2004
Video documentary
BBC Personality
Hell's Kitchen
2004
TV Series
Himself
Stars in Their Eyes
2004
TV Series
Himself / Cliff Richard
Kelly
2004
TV Series
Himself
The Terry and Gaby Show
2004
TV Series
Himself
Ministry of Mayhem
2004
TV Series
Himself
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
2004
TV Series
Himself
The Heaven and Earth Show
2004
TV Series
Himself
I Love 1980's
2001
TV Series documentary
Top of the Pops: The True Story
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Presenter, 1978-1984
This Is Your Life
1992-2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Going Going Gone
1997
TV Series
Himself - Team Captain
The Radio One Story
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Presenter 1978-1991
I'm Your Number One Fan
1996
Documentary
Himself
Challenge Anneka
1992
TV Series
Himself
Without Walls
1992
TV Series documentary
Himself
Cluedo
1991
TV Series
Himself - Studio Guest
Surprise Surprise!
1991
TV Series
Himself
A Question of Entertainment
1988
TV Series
Himself
Saturday Superstore
1982-1987
TV Series
Himself - Presenter / Himself - Presnter / Himself