USEN
Ask AI
Janet Ellis

Acting

Janet Ellis

Born
(age 71)
Birthplace
Chatham, Kent, England, UK
Credits
29 titles

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 29

YearTitleRole
2024 Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening TV Self (1 ep)
2024 Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets TV Self (2 ep)
2024 The 1970s: Those Were the Days TV Self - Broadcaster (2 ep)
2023 Talking Doctor Who Film Self (archive footage)
2022 Kids' TV: The Surprising Story Film
2019 Celebrity Gogglebox TV (1 ep)
2017 House of Games TV Self (10 ep)
2016 Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC Film Self
2011 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV Self - Participant (1 ep)
2009 The Man Behind the Masquerade Film Narrator
2009 Let's Dance for Comic Relief TV Self (1 ep)
2008 Bargain Hunt Famous Finds TV (1 ep)
2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV Self (1 ep)
2006 Celebrity Masterchef TV (1 ep)
2006 Hotel Babylon TV Gail Wallis Strong (1 ep)
2005 Come Dine with Me TV (1 ep)
2003 The Curse of Page 3 Film Narrator
2001 Waking the Dead TV TV Reporter (2 ep)
1999 Lingerie: The Industry Exposed Film Narrator
1998 B.P. Confidential Film Self
1994 Ready, Steady, Cook TV Self - Contestant (1 ep)
1985 Frederick Douglass: An American Life Film Julia Griffith
1980 Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon Film Teka
1979 Jigsaw TV Janet (32 ep)
1979 Blankety Blank TV (1 ep)
1975 The Sweeney TV Susie (1 ep)
1971 Blue Peter Flies the World TV (7 ep)
1963 Doctor Who TV Teka (4 ep)
1958 Blue Peter TV (6 ep)
Ask the AI