Anita Rani
| Anita Rani | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Anita Rani Nazran 25 October 1977 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Journalist and broadcaster |
| Television | Watchdog India on Four Wheels Russia on Four Wheels Four Rooms The One Show Escape to the Continent Strictly Come Dancing Countryfile The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home This Morning New York: America's Busiest City |
Anita Rani Nazran (born 25 October 1977), better known as Anita Rani, is an English radio and television presenter and journalist of Punjabi descent.
Rani was born and raised in Bradford in Yorkshire. Both of her parents were Sikhs.
In an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? first broadcast on 1 October 2015 on BBC One, Rani investigated the history of her maternal grandfather Sant Singh (born Sant Ram, in Sarhali in 1916, died 1975), in particular learning more about his first wife and children, who died during the violence of the Partition of India in 1947, while Rani's grandfather was a thousand miles away in Kirkee, serving in the British Indian Army, which he had joined in August 1942. Rani discovered that her grandfather was born into a Hindu Taggar family, but converted to Sikhism as a young man in accordance with a custom prevalent at the time. He continued to serve in the Indian Army after Indian independence, retiring as a subedar (equivalent to a warrant officer) in 1970.
Rani was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School, an independent school in Bradford. Rani developed an early interest in journalism, hosting her first show at the age of 14 on Sunrise Radio in Bradford. She went to the University of Leeds, where she studied Broadcasting.
After leaving university, Rani worked as a researcher for the BBC and other organisations.
In 2002, Rani presented The Edit, a live news and entertainment programme on Channel Five. She has also presented a number of pop shows on Five including Spring Break Live, Party in the Park and Pop City Live, as well as being a freelance journalist for 5 News. In Spring 2003 she fronted The State We're In, a satirical current affairs programme on BBC Three. She also presented the first Poetry Slam on the same channel. She was nominated as Best On Screen Personality at the Royal Television Society Midlands awards in 2005.
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