Sonali Shah
| Sonali Shah | |
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Shah in 2011
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| Born |
Sonali Gudka 26 July 1980 Edgware, Middlesex, England |
| Occupation | Journalist and television presenter |
| Notable credit(s) |
Newsround Escape to the Country Watchdog The National Lottery Draws Crimewatch |
Sonali Shah (born 26 July 1980 in Edgware, Middlesex) is a British newsreader who presented the BBC's children's news programme Newsround from July 2006 until November 2011. She now occasionally presents the weekend edition of BBC World News.
She currently presents BBC television programmes including Escape to the Country, The National Lottery Draws and Crimewatch. She is also a regular reporter on Watchdog.
Sonali Gudka was born in Edgware to immigrant Indian parents, her parents run a pharmacy. Shah trained as a dancer for over 10 years, studying Indian classical, Indian folk and Streetdance. Sonali attended Longfield First and Middle School, and went on to Whitmore High School in Harrow.
Aiming for a career in medicine, Shah began presenting on the local hospital radio. After university, in early 2002 she joined BBC World Service as a producer, also presenting on World Business Report and The World Today. In 2002 she moved to BBC Radio 5 Live as launch producer for Jeff Randall’s Weekend Business, which won a Sony Radio Award. She then began reporting for Weekend Business, as well as Wake Up to Money and 5 live Money.
Shah joined Newsround initially as an afternoon relief presenter. From 2006, as part of a new team replacing Ellie Crisell and Jake Humphrey, she presented breakfast, afternoon and weekend bulletins for the show as well as presenting the main programme from 2008. Shah also reported for Sportsround, and posted an online diary from the 2010 Commonwealth Games for the Newsround website. She made a number of Newsround Specials, including two documentaries from Afghanistan in 2010, which were also shown on the BBC News Channel. In 2011 she guest presented Match of the Day Kickabout on BBC Two, and made guest appearances on Sadie J and Blue Peter.
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