Amol Rajan
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 40 |
| Date of birth | July 4,1983 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Kolkata |
| India | |
| Spouse | Charlotte Faircloth |
| Books | Twirlymen: The Unlikely History of Cricket's Greatest Spin Bowlers |
| Education | Graveney School |
| Downing College | |
| Nationality | British |
| Marriage location | Guildhall Place, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Children | 3 |
| Employ | BBC; Channel 5; The Independent |
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| ID | 409405 |
Amol Rajan Life story
Amol Rajan is an Indian-born British journalist, broadcaster and writer. He was the media editor of BBC News from December 2016 to January 2023, and has been a presenter on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 since 2021. He will replace Jeremy Paxman as the host of University Challenge which will begin on 17 July 2023.
University Challenge: Christmas episode axed after ableism complaints
... The show is presented by the BBC s Amol Rajan...
Amol Rajan: Critics warm to University Challenge's new presenter
...By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterCritics have welcomed Amol Rajan as he presented his first episode of BBC Two quiz show University Challenge...
Privacy trial judge asks why Piers Morgan has not given evidence
... In an interview last month with the BBC s Amol Rajan, Mr Morgan said he had nothing to do with phone hacking while editing the Daily Mirror...
Phillip Schofield: ITV hasn't learned from Flack's death, her mother says
... Asked how he was, and after a long pause, the TV presenter told the BBC s Amol Rajan: " I think I understand how Caroline Flack felt...
Phillip Schofield's hands were shaking through interview
...By Amol RajanMedia editorPerhaps few people in Britain understand the power of televised testimony like Phillip Schofield...
Phillip Schofield says his career is over following affair
... After fleeing waiting paparazzi outside his house, he sat down with Amol Rajan to tell his side of the story...
I am not a groomer, says Schofield
... " Schofield has also spoken to the BBC s Amol Rajan, whose interview will be broadcast from 06:00 BST on Friday...
Why Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has sympathy for show's ‘caged beasts'
... In an interview with the BBC s Amol Rajan, the star praised Armstrong for executing the plot line " brilliantly" however...
I am not a groomer, says Schofield
By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
Phillip Schofield has said he is " not a groomer" after admitting to having An Affair with a younger male colleague.
The former This Morning presenter after he confirmed The Relationship and he had lied about it.
" I did a bad thing: I will die sorry - I've brought The Greatest misery into his totally innocent life. "
Schofield has also spoken to The Bbc 's Amol Rajan , whose interview will be broadcast from 06:00 BST on Friday.
The full interview will be available on iPlayer.
The 61-year-old first met The Man he would Go On to have An Affair with when he was invited to appear at an event at a drama school.
He Said he knew people had found some elements of The Story shocking, but said: " I Am not a groomer. "
The Affair began, Schofield said, when The Man was 20 years old and working alongside him at ITV.
" He worked on The Show for a bit, and we became mates, " Schofield told the newspaper.
" And Then One Day Something Happened that just changed it. And that is The Moment I look back on, and regret so deeply. "
Questions have been raised about ITV's handling of The Situation , how much bosses knew of The Affair , and whether its own investigation went far enough.
ITV's chief executive Dame Carolyn Mccall has been asked to attend the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 14 June to answer questions about the broadcaster's approach to safeguarding following the controversy.
Schofield told The Sun that his first romantic encounter with The Man was in his dressing room at ITV.
" It was a consensual moment, it was mutual, " He Said . " It was not a Love Affair , it was not a relationship, we were not boyfriends; we were mates. "
" Over a period of time it happened maybe five or six times. We just didn't think anyone knew, there was no lying, we thought, stupidly, that nobody knew. "
He concluded: " You look at yourself, and I absolutely know there is No Question I did a bad thing. I was unprofessional, One Time , in a 41-year career.
" I know I did that. And there is no excuse. I don't have an excuse. I won't put forward an excuse. No-one did anything wrong apart from me. "
Schofield also apologised to his former lover.
" It has brought The Greatest misery into his totally innocent life, his totally innocent family, his totally innocent friends, " He Said . " It has brought The Greatest grief to them. "
ITV has instructed a barrister to carry out an external review to establish the facts about how the broadcast network handled its own investigation into rumours of The Affair in 2020.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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