Janet Ellis

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

Doctor Who

Ready, Steady, Cook

Waking the Dead

The Sweeney

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Come Dine with Me

Blankety Blank

Richard Osman's House of Games

All Movies (9)

• Talking Doctor Who2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Kids' TV: The Surprising Story2022
• Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC2016 · as Self
• The Man Behind the Masquerade2009 · as Narrator
• The Curse of Page 32003 · as Narrator
• Lingerie: The Industry Exposed1999 · as Narrator
• B.P. Confidential1998 · as Self
• Frederick Douglass: An American Life1985 · as Julia Griffith
• Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon1980 · as Teka

All TV Shows (17)

• Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening2024 · as Self
• Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets2024 · as Herself
• The 1970s: Those Were the Days2024 · as Self - Broadcaster
• Celebrity Gogglebox2019
• Richard Osman's House of Games2017 · as Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• Let's Dance for Comic Relief2009 · as Self
• Bargain Hunt Famous Finds2008
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• Celebrity Masterchef2006
• Come Dine with Me2005
• Waking the Dead2001 · as TV Reporter
• Ready, Steady, Cook1994 · as Self - Contestant
• Jigsaw1979 · as Janet
• Blankety Blank1979
• The Sweeney1975 · as Susie
• Doctor Who1963 · as Teka