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Janet Ellis

Acting

  • Born
  • September 16, 1955
  • Place of birth
  • Chatham, Kent, England, UK

Biography

Janet Michell Ellis, MBE is an English television presenter, actress and writer, who is best known for presenting the children's television programmes Blue Peter and Jigsaw between 1979 and 1987. She has published two novels, The Butcher's Hook and How It Was.

As actor 28

Doctor Who poster
Doctor Who
1963
Ready, Steady, Cook poster
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
Blue Peter poster
Blue Peter
1958
Come Dine with Me poster
Come Dine with Me
2005
Waking the Dead poster
Waking the Dead
2001
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
The Sweeney poster
The Sweeney
1975
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Blankety Blank poster
Blankety Blank
1979
Celebrity Masterchef poster
Celebrity Masterchef
2006
Celebrity Gogglebox poster
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
Richard Osman's House of Games poster
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
Let's Dance for Comic Relief poster
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
Jigsaw poster
Jigsaw
1979
Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening poster
Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening
2024
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
The 1970s: Those Were the Days poster
The 1970s: Those Were the Days
2024
Talking Doctor Who poster
Talking Doctor Who
2023
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story poster
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022
Blue Peter Flies the World
1971
The Curse of Page 3
2003
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon poster
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
1980
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC poster
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016
The Man Behind the Masquerade poster
The Man Behind the Masquerade
2009
Lingerie: The Industry Exposed poster
Lingerie: The Industry Exposed
1999
B.P. Confidential poster
B.P. Confidential
1998
Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets poster
Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets
2024
Frederick Douglass: An American Life poster
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985