Ritula Shah
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Ritula Shah at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2011
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| Education | University of Warwick |
| Occupation | Journalist, broadcaster |
| Notable credit(s) | The World Tonight PM |
Ritula Shah /rɪtəˈlɑː ˈʃɑː/ is a journalist and news presenter on BBC Radio. She is a regular presenter of The World Tonight and the Saturday edition of PM on BBC Radio 4.
Previously Shah presented Woman's Hour on Radio 4 and was a launch presenter for The World Today on the World Service.[1]
Shah studied history at the University of Warwick and graduated in 1988. She joined the Radio 4 production team, moved from there to regional television news,[1] and then to Today in 1991 as a producer.[2] When The World Today launched on the World Service in 1999, Shah became one of its presenters.[1]
In May 2013, she started a series of eight episodes in the BBC Radio 4 One to One series of interviews. As she belongs to a Jain family (the Jain religion is concerned with renunciation), the subjects of her interviews are people whose life has involved renunciation.[3]
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| Preceded by | Main presenter: The World Tonight 2013 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Deputy presenter: The World Tonight 2009 – 2012 |
Succeeded by David Eades Carolyn Quinn |
