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    which Read covered in November that year when Freeman was ill. From January 1989 to September 1990, Read presented a weekly series, The Mike Read Collection...
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  • Breakfast Time. He returned to Radio 1 on 5 May 1986, taking over from Mike Read on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show from 7.00 to 9.30 am, where he remained...
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    Hoy's solo single "We Are One", a fact which was picked up by presenter Mike Read on the programme broadcast on Talking Pictures TV on 10 April 2022. On...
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    Taylor was also a panellist on the UK quiz show Pop Quiz, hosted by Mike Read. In 2014, he appeared in Brian Pern as himself. He is the father of the...
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    Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read, a pop music countdown featuring veteran acts, presented by the former Radio 1 disc jockey Mike Read and shared by Talking...
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    June 2021 Dorset said, during an interview with radio and TV presenter Mike Read, that he had recovered from open-heart surgery. He added that he no longer...
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    "Kid" Jensen (1977–1984, plus 31 December 1988) Peter Powell (1977–1988) Mike Read (1978–1989, plus 30 July 2006) Simon Bates (1979–1988) 15 December 1977...
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  • December 1984 with a Top of the Pops special on 4 January 1994 hosted by Mike Read. It was then revived from 21 May to 9 July 1994 on the same channel but...
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  • five years are current host Greg James and former hosts Nick Grimshaw, Mike Read, Simon Mayo, and Chris Moyles. Moyles was the longest-serving Radio 1...
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    of Pantomimes. AMBO (6 November 2017), Cheryl, Mike, Jay & Bobby - The Fizz - Interview with Mike Read - Part 1, archived from the original on 21 December...
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  • events". Court TV. Retrieved June 5, 2025. Pescaro, Mike (April 13, 2025). "What happened in the Karen Read case? Timeline of investigations, trials". NBC10...
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    by his contemporary, Mike Hailwood, he won seven FIM Grand Prix road racing world championships. In the 1979 Birthday Honours, Read was appointed Member...
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  • After leaving Blue Peter, Greene presented Saturday Superstore with Mike Read, and subsequently co-presented Going Live! with Phillip Schofield. It...
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  • April 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin, and John Craven. The show was very similar...
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  • following morning, Geldof appeared on the Radio 1 breakfast show with Mike Read, to promote the record further and promise that every penny would go to...
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  • politician in Missouri Mike Reid (chef) (born 1982), British chef and co-host of Australian cooking television series Mike Read (born 1947), English broadcaster...
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    "Heritage Chart Run Down" on Sunday evenings. In November 2020, Fox alongside Mike Read left United DJs in order to launch Nation Radio UK. Between January and...
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    Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke-James Strachey, 1905–1914. Mike Read: Forever England (1997) Potter, Caroline (8 August 2014). "This Side of...
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    titles, with Tim and Jo Rice, alongside Radio 1 colleague at that time, Mike Read, between 1977 and 1996. Gambaccini's own books include Love Letters, Radio...
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  • such DJs as Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Simon Bates, Alan Freeman, Mike Read, Peter Powell, Noel Edmonds and Jimmy Savile. Enfield's parody of Radio...
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  • UKIP Calypso (category Songs written by Mike Read)
    "UKIP Calypso" is a 2014 calypso single by Mike Read released under the name of The Independents. The single was released to raise money for charity and...
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  • Mark "Chopper" Read (1954–2013), Australian criminal and author Mike Read (born 1947), British disc jockey and TV presenter Nicholas Read (sculptor) (c...
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    Other early presenters were Steve Wright, Mike Read, Tony Fox, Steve Crozier ("Yer Man Croze"), Howard Pearce, Mike Matthews, John Flower, Tony Holden, Steve...
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    but they soon disbanded and she joined another group, which included Mike Read. After this she became part of Mother's Pride, later renamed as Co-Co...
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    Themselves by Royston Ellis with the Shadows. Consul Books. 1961. No ISBN Mike Read (1983). The Story of the Shadows: An Autobiography. Hamish Hamilton....
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    Shadows' "Feeling Fine" and Cliff Richard's "Do You Wanna Dance?" In Mike Read's book, The Story of the Shadows, Harris attributed the start of his depression...
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    Poetry in Motion featuring the words of Sir John Betjeman and music by Mike Read. In October 1991, Harley was invited to play the Night of the Proms, where...
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    – The Time Machine (1999) – "Ignorance Is Bliss" Sir John Betjeman & Mike Read – Words & Music (2000) – "Peggy", "In Memory" Edward Rogers – Sunday Fables...
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  • More to Life (category Songs written by Mike Read)
    early 1990s Trainer TV series. The song was written by Simon May and Mike Read. The theme won them a TRIC award for Best TV Theme. Sung by Cliff Richard...
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  • Singles were compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Mike Read and brothers Tim Rice and Jonathan (Jo) Rice (known as GRRR). Read left the team in the mid-1980s (with...
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