Mike Read

For the swimmer, see Michael Read. For those of a similar name, see Michael Reed (disambiguation) and Michael Reid (disambiguation).

Mike Read
Read in 2013
Born
Michael David Kenneth Read

(1947-03-01) 1 March 1947 (age 77)
Bury, Lancashire, England
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Radio DJ
  • writer
  • journalist
  • television presenter
Years active1976 – present
Known forSaturday Superstore; BBC Radio 1; Top of the Pops; Pop Quiz

Michael David Kenneth Read (born 1 March 1947) 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.[1] 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.

  1. ^ Read, Mike. Seize the Day (2014), Biteback Publishing