Editing Mike Read (section)

===Television===
Read combined his radio work with a second career as a television presenter. He hosted the [[Yorkshire Television]] children's series ''Pop Quest'' from 1977 to 1979;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buckinghamcovers.com/celebrities/view/840-Mike%20Read.php|title=Mike Read|website=Buckinghamcovers.com}}</ref> then, on [[BBC One|BBC1]], Read presented or co-presented 65 editions of the music chart series ''Top of the Pops'' from 9 November 1978 to 28 December 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba28d9f4f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703071634/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba28d9f4f|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 July 2020|title = Mike Read|website=Bfi.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/trivia/presenters/list8.shtml|title = BBC - Top of the Pops 2 - Trivia|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

From 1982 to 1987, Read presented the BBC's Saturday morning children's programme ''[[Saturday Superstore]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/10-top-saturday-morning-childrens-9567172|title=The Saturday morning kids' TV shows we miss the most|last=Bentley|first=David|date=12 February 2018|website=Birminghammail|access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> as well as the Saturday night music game show ''Pop Quiz'', which regularly got audiences of 10 million and featured rock and pop stars answering music [[trivia]] questions; the series spawned [[board game]] and computer game spin-offs. The penultimate episode of ''Pop Quiz'', in 1984, featured a face-off between pop bands [[Spandau Ballet]] and [[Duran Duran]]. The format was revived twice: firstly in 1994 by the BBC with [[Chris Tarrant]] as the host; and then in June 2008, a revamped ''Pop Quiz'' recorded without a studio audience and in a pub (rather than a television studio) in which the participants were members of the public, aired on [[Brit Hits|Red TV]]; this was again hosted by Read. In 1994, he returned to ''Top of the Pops'' to host a one-off special for its anniversary. Later, in 1997, he presented the [[UK Gold]] television genre quiz ''Goldmaster'' in 1997.

In 2004, Read was one of the contestants recruited for the jungle-based [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] reality series ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'', though his stay in the Australian outback was short-lived, as he was the first celebrity to be evicted by the viewing public.<ref>{{cite book |last=Busk-Cowley |first=Mark |title=I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!: The Inside Story |publisher=[[Bantam Press]] |date=2014 |pages=140 |isbn=978-0593073483}}</ref> Read was among 10 former presenters who returned as guest co-presenters for the final edition of ''Top of the Pops'', broadcast 30 July 2006 on [[BBC Two]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5228858.stm|title=Top of the Pops bids fond goodbye|publisher=BBC News|date=31 July 2006|access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>

Read has also appeared as a regular newspaper reviewer for [[Sky News]]. In 2014, he appeared as himself in [[BBC Four]] spoof docudrama ''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wcsfv|title=Death of Rock, The Life of Rock with Brian Pern, Brian Pern – BBC Four|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2021, he joined [[Talking Pictures TV]] founder Noel Cronin on the channel's archive programme ''The Footage Detectives'', a series which discusses forgotten films and lost TV shows such as ''The Barnstormers'' from 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freesat.co.uk/news/films/talking-pictures-tv-films|title = What's on Talking Pictures? |website=Freesat.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/a-movie-kind-of-love-alex-kane-on-tv-channel-talking-pictures-created-in-a-shed-and-taking-on-entertainment-giants-40864004.html|title = A movie kind of love: Alex Kane on TV channel Talking Pictures, created in a shed and taking on entertainment giants|newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref>

{{As of|2022}}, ''The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read'' is broadcast on Sundays, first by the [[Local Television Limited|Local TV]] network of channels at 7pm, and then by Talking Pictures TV as a late-night repeat. The programme is a pop music countdown of videos and live performances from veteran acts, such as [[Chesney Hawkes]] and [[Tight Fit]], based on the chart broadcast on a number of community radio stations in the UK and abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritagechart.co.uk/|title=Heritage Chart|website=Heritagechart.co.uk|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/4565568/65439320/the-heritage-chart-show-with-mike-read|title = The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read on Talking Pictures TV, Sun 3 Apr 11:45pm |website=TVGuide.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tv24.co.uk/p/the-heritage-chart-show-with-mike-read-season-1-episode-3-umpn5u|title = The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read, 12:00am on Talking Pictures TV|website=Tv24.co.uk}}</ref>