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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Doctor Who (1963) — Teka
2. Waking the Dead (2001) — TV Reporter
3. Come Dine with Me (2005)
4. The Sweeney (1975) — Susie
5. Richard Osman's House of Games (2017) — Self
6. Celebrity Gogglebox (2019)
7. Celebrity Masterchef (2006)
8. Blankety Blank (1979)
9. Blue Peter (1958)
10. Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011) — Self - Participant
11. The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) — Self
12. Talking Doctor Who (2023) — Self (archive footage)
13. Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980) — Teka
14. Let's Dance for Comic Relief (2009) — Self
15. Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening (2024) — Self
16. The Curse of Page 3 (2003) — Narrator
17. Ready, Steady, Cook (1994) — Self - Contestant
18. Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets (2024) — Herself
19. The 1970s: Those Were the Days (2024) — Self - Broadcaster
20. Jigsaw (1979) — Janet
21. B.P. Confidential (1998) — Self
22. Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC (2016) — Self
23. Kids' TV: The Surprising Story (2022)
24. The Man Behind the Masquerade (2009) — Narrator
25. Lingerie: The Industry Exposed (1999) — Narrator
26. Frederick Douglass: An American Life (1985) — Julia Griffith
27. Bargain Hunt Famous Finds (2008)
28. Blue Peter Flies the World (1971)