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.

Filmography

• 2022Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
• Celebrity Gogglebox
• 2009The Man Behind the Masquerade — Narrator
• Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
• Celebrity Masterchef
• Come Dine with Me
• 2003The Curse of Page 3 — Narrator
• Waking the Dead — TV Reporter
• 1999Lingerie: The Industry Exposed — Narrator
• 1985Frederick Douglass: An American Life — Julia Griffith
• 1980Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon — Teka
• Blankety Blank
• Jigsaw — Janet
• The Sweeney — Susie
• Blue Peter Flies the World
• Doctor Who — Teka
• Blue Peter

Appearances as themselves (11)

• Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening — Self
• The 1970s: Those Were the Days — Self - Broadcaster
• Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets — Herself
• 2023Talking Doctor Who — Self (archive footage)
• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self
• 2016Darcey Bussell: My Life on the BBC — Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• Let's Dance for Comic Relief — Self
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
• 1998B.P. Confidential — Self
• Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Contestant