Janet Ellis
Acting
September 16, 1955 (71 years old)
Chatham, Kent, England, UK
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets
2024
as Herself
7
The 1970s: Those Were the Days
2024
as Self - Broadcaster
8
Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening
2024
as Self
1
Talking Doctor Who
2023
as Self (archive footage)
5
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
6.6
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self
6.1
Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016
as Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
6
The Man Behind the Masquerade
2009
as Narrator
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
as Self
6.7
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
4.5
Celebrity Masterchef
2006
6.1
Come Dine with Me
2005
5.3
The Curse of Page 3
2003
as Narrator
6
Waking the Dead
2001
as TV Reporter
7.2
Lingerie: The Industry Exposed
1999
as Narrator
B.P. Confidential
1998
as Self
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
as Self - Contestant
8
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985
as Julia Griffith
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
1980
as Teka
4.7
Blankety Blank
1979
5.3
Jigsaw
1979
as Janet
10
The Sweeney
1975
as Susie
8.1
Blue Peter Flies the World
1971
Doctor Who
1963
as Teka
7.9
Blue Peter
1958
7.5