Actor profile

Janet Ellis

16th September 1955 Chatham, Kent, England, UK Acting

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.

8 Movies 16 TV Shows 28 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Talking Doctor Who poster

Talking Doctor Who 1st November 2023 as Self (archive footage)

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story poster

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story 26th October 2022

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC poster

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC 23rd December 2016 as Self

The Man Behind the Masquerade poster

The Man Behind the Masquerade 2nd December 2009 as Narrator

Lingerie: The Industry Exposed poster

Lingerie: The Industry Exposed 1st January 1999 as Narrator

B.P. Confidential poster

B.P. Confidential 16th November 1998 as Self

Frederick Douglass: An American Life poster

Frederick Douglass: An American Life 1st January 1985 as Julia Griffith

Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon poster

Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon 12th January 1980 as Teka

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening poster

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening 2nd November 2024 as Self

Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets poster

Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets 30th July 2024 as Herself

The 1970s: Those Were the Days poster

The 1970s: Those Were the Days 25th May 2024 as Self - Broadcaster

Celebrity Gogglebox poster

Celebrity Gogglebox 14th June 2019

Richard Osman's House of Games poster

Richard Osman's House of Games 4th September 2017 as Self

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 24th October 2011 as Self - Participant

Let's Dance for Comic Relief poster

Let's Dance for Comic Relief 21st February 2009 as Self

Celebrity Masterchef poster

Celebrity Masterchef 11th September 2006

Come Dine with Me poster

Come Dine with Me 10th January 2005

Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead 18th June 2001 as TV Reporter

Ready, Steady, Cook poster

Ready, Steady, Cook 24th October 1994 as Self - Contestant

Jigsaw poster

Jigsaw 16th July 1979 as Janet

Blankety Blank poster

Blankety Blank 18th January 1979

The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney 2nd January 1975 as Susie

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 23rd November 1963 as Teka

Blue Peter poster

Blue Peter 16th October 1958