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Janet Ellis

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Janet Ellis

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Sep 16, 1955 (71 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting
2024Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and GadgetsHerself
2024The 1970s: Those Were the DaysSelf - Broadcaster
2024Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' EveningSelf
2023Talking Doctor WhoSelf (archive footage)
2022Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2019Celebrity Gogglebox
2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf
2016Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBCSelf
2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
2009The Man Behind the MasqueradeNarrator
2009Let's Dance for Comic ReliefSelf
2008Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
2006Celebrity Masterchef
2005Come Dine with Me
2003The Curse of Page 3Narrator
2001Waking the DeadTV Reporter
1999Lingerie: The Industry ExposedNarrator
1998B.P. ConfidentialSelf
1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Contestant
1985Frederick Douglass: An American LifeJulia Griffith
1980Doctor Who: The Horns of NimonTeka
1979Blankety Blank
1975The SweeneySusie
1963Doctor WhoTeka