Janet ellis biography

28th April 1983 - 29th June 1987

Born: 16th September 1955

Presented withSimon Groom, Peter Duncan, Sarah Greene, Michael Sundin, Mark Curry and Caron Keating.

"I'm a great coward and I also don't like heights so it was quite amusing for me to see this person going 'How high is it?

Right I'll go up it, where's my helmet?' I'm really not that in real life, not at all."

Janet trained as an actress before turning her talents to presenting. Her first screen credit was playing 'Susie, Marge's friend' in an episode of The Sweeney, but her big break was as Tika in the Doctor Who story The Horns of Nimon in 1979.

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In 1982 Janet went on to present Jigsaw, the children's puzzle series alongside Adrian Hedley, the animated Jig, Mr Nosey Bonk and a pre-Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy as one-half of the O-Men. it was this show which brought Janet to the attention of the Blue Peter production team, who were impressed by her presenting and acting skills.

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