
Janet Ellis
Acting
Born: 1955-09-16 · Chatham, Kent, England, UK
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 (9)

Talking Doctor Who
2023
Self (archive footage)

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022

Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC
2016
Self

The Man Behind the Masquerade
2009
Narrator
The Curse of Page 3
2003
Narrator

Lingerie: The Industry Exposed
1999
Narrator

B.P. Confidential
1998
Self

Frederick Douglass: An American Life
1985
Julia Griffith

Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
1980
Teka
📺 TV Shows (17)

Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets
2024
Herself

The 1970s: Those Were the Days
2024
Self - Broadcaster

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening
2024
Self

Celebrity Gogglebox
2019

Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
Self

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
Self
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Self

Celebrity Masterchef
2006

Come Dine with Me
2005

Waking the Dead
2001
TV Reporter

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
Self - Contestant

Blankety Blank
1979

Jigsaw
1979
Janet

The Sweeney
1975
Susie

Doctor Who
1963
Teka