Personal Info
Birth date
1946-12-27 (78 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brentford, England, UK
Also known as
-Janet Street-Porter
Biography
Janet Street-Porter, CBE is an English media personality, journalist and broadcaster. She was editor for two years of The Independent on Sunday, but relinquished the job to become editor-at-large in 2002.
Filmography
The One Show
4.607
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.QI
7.9
Overview:
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.Have I Got News for You
7.047
Overview:
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.Celebrity Juice
6.519
Overview:
The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.Question Time
5.5
Overview:
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.Have I Got a Bit More News for You
7
Overview:
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.Would I Lie to You?
7.714
Overview:
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.Benidorm
7.5
Overview:
Set in the Solana all-inclusive Resort, Benidorm follows the antics of regulars and first-time holiday makers on their journeys abroad.An Audience with...
5.3
Overview:
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.Playhouse
7
Overview:
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.Pointless Celebrities
6.361
Overview:
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.8 Out of 10 Cats
7.1
Overview:
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".Room 101
6.3
Overview:
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.V Graham Norton
5
Overview:
V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 26 December 2003. It featured celebrities who chatted with Graham and became involved in studio games which were usually laden with sexual innuendo. The studio games were later featured on the clip show Nortonland in 2007 on digital channel Challenge. The show featured a 'webcam', a roving television camera which was randomly situated in a different place in the UK each week and which followed Graham's instructions and allowed him to interact with the public live. The feature was made technically possible using digital microwave link technology provided by Rear Window Television with the 'spontaneous' webcam feature always produced as a full quality Outside Broadcast, before being made to look like a traditional webcam at the studios.Shooting Stars
7.478
Overview:
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.Loose Women
3.2
Overview:
A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.The Alan Titchmarsh Show
3.7
Overview:
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.Richard & Judy
2.9
Overview:
Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show originally aired on Channel 4, from 2001 to 2008, but later moved to digital channel, Watch, in October 2008. The programme featured a number of celebrities and a book club. Its final episode aired in July 2009 due to low ratings.The Year Of Punk
NYR
Overview:
The summer of the Jubilee in 1977 was mentally dominated by another national anthem - "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols. That same summer was also the summer of punk. Janet Street Porter Reviews The Year Of Punk, Featuring Early Classic Footage Of The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Siouxsie And Others.The Paul O'Grady Show
4.6
Overview:
The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4, where the show was produced by Olga TV. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, and occasionally viewer competitions.Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
7.083
Overview:
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.Celebrity Catchphrase
NYR
Overview:
In this entertaining series packed with laughs, celebrity contestants attempt to work out catchphrases based on fun animations. Animations include well known phrases, sayings and even film, song and book titles. The celebrities need to buzz in as quickly as they can when they know the answer and can say what they see in a chance to win money for their chosen charities.The Weakest Link
6
Overview:
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?The Heaven and Earth Show
3.2
Overview:
The Heaven and Earth Show was a BBC television programme that aired on Sunday mornings from 10am to 11am on BBC One. The show ran for nine years between 1998 and 2007, looking at spiritual and moral issues. Over the years it had numerous presenters, and its final presenter was Gloria Hunniford.Blankety Blank
7
Overview:
Bradley Walsh presents the triumphant return of Britain's blank-iest game show. Can he control his celebrity panel and help contestants win the coveted cheque book and pen?The F Word
6.15
Overview:
The F Word is a British food magazine and cookery programme featuring chef Gordon Ramsay. The programme covers a wide range of topics, from recipes to food preparation and celebrity food fads. The programme is made by Optomen Television and aired weekly on Channel 4. The theme tune for the series is "The F-Word" from the Babybird album Bugged.Through the Keyhole
6
Overview:
What would happen if Keith Lemon had permission to snoop around celebrities' homes? Find out as Through The Keyhole returns, with everyone's favourite strawberry-blonde presenter at the helm!Blow-Up
7.329
Overview:
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.An Audience with Alf Garnett
NYR
Overview:
In front of a celebrity audience Johnny Speight's bigoted comic creation Alf Garnett (played by Warren Mitchell) vents his spleen on all manner of sensitive subjects. He makes political correctness take a back seat as he gives his opinions on race relations, football, life, the government, sex, drugs and much more.Acting
TBAThe London Weekend Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
TBAHave I Got a Bit More News for You (12 Episodes) as Self - Panellist
2024Tommy Cooper: The Lost Tapes as Herself
2023Frank Bough: National Treasure, National Disgrace as Self
2022Jimmy Carr Destroys Art as Unknown
2021The Weakest Link (1 Episode) as Self - Participant
2021Blankety Blank (1 Episode) as Self - Panellist
2021Paul Sinha's TV Showdown (1 Episode) as Self
2018Celebrity Catchphrase (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant
2017The Paul O'Grady Story as Self
2017Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (1 Episode) as Self
2016Generation '66 as Unknown
2014Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (1 Episode) as Self
2013Through the Keyhole (2 Episodes) as Self - Panelist
2011Pointless Celebrities (1 Episode) as Self
2010Ask Rhod Gilbert (1 Episode) as Self
2010David Bowie: Rare and Unseen as Self
2009Kate Garraway's Life Stories (1 Episode) as Self
2008Celebrity Juice (1 Episode) as Self
2008Gok's Fashion Fix (1 Episode) as Self
2008Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack (1 Episode) as Herself - Hijacker
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show (8 Episodes) as Self
2007Would I Lie to You? (1 Episode) as Self
2007Deadline (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Benidorm (1 Episode) as Reporter
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2006Call Me a Cabbie (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2006My Childhood (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005The F Word (2, 42 Episode) as Unknown, Self
20058 Out of 10 Cats (1 Episode) as Self
2004The Paul O'Grady Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003QI (1 Episode) as Self
2003This Week (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (15 Episodes) as Self
2002V Graham Norton (1 Episode) as Self
2001Richard & Judy (3 Episodes) as Self
2001tvSSFBM EHKL as Herself
1999Loose Women (17 Episodes) as Unknown
1998The Heaven and Earth Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1997An Audience with Alf Garnett as Unknown
1997A Night in with the Girls as Unknown
1996An Evening with Lily Savage as Self - Audience Member
1994Room 101 (2 Episodes) as Self
1994Trouble at the Top: Nightmare at Canary Wharf as self
1993Shooting Stars (1 Episode) as Self
1990Have I Got News for You (7, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Panellist
1988Building Sights (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter
1979Question Time (14 Episodes) as Self - Panellist
1978An Audience with... (4 Episodes) as Self
1978The Year Of Punk as Unknown
1976Meriel the Ghost Girl as Robina Oliver
1974Ulla's Fete as Unknown
1974Playhouse (1 Episode) as Robina Oliver
1967Deadly Sweet as Salon Receptionist (uncredited)
1966Blow-Up as Girl Dancing In Ricky Tick Club (uncredited)