Acting

Janet Ellis

Born 1955-09-16 · Chatham, Kent, England, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

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