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 |
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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...
Phillip Schofield: ITV hasn't learned from Flack's death, her mother says
By Sam HancockBBC News
Caroline Flack 's mother has criticised ITV over its handling of ex-This Morning host Phillip Schofield and says the broadcaster has failed to learn from the death of Her Daughter .
Presenters are not always protected, Christine Flack told BBC Newsnight.
In a BBC interview, Schofield apologised for lying about his affair and said he had " lost everything".
ITV says it feels " badly let down" by Schofield and has insisted it takes its " duty of care seriously".
Accusing the broadcaster of treating employees as " commodities" Christine told Newsnight That presenters are " people" But are sometimes " sidelined, not protected".
Christine also appeared to question ITV's aftercare, saying: " They could have someone speaking for him really, whether he did right or Wrong . . it's not a good look really. "
Christine's daughter Caroline, best known for fronting ITV's hugely popular Love Island , was found dead in February 2020 at the Age Of 40.
Caroline stood down from hosting Love Island in December 2019 after being charged with assault by beating.
A coroner later ruled she took her own Life - A Day after learning That prosecutors were going to press ahead with The Assault charge after an incident involving her boyfriend Lewis Burton .
Christine believes ITV " haven't learned anything" since the death of Her Daughter More Than three years ago.
She told The Bbc 's Victoria Derbyshire : " If my employer didn't Take Care of me, there'd be all hell to pay. And there's not. "
Christine said Schofield and his former lover were going through an " awful time" and urged them not to do " anything silly".
Schofield This Week , after admitting to lying about having An Affair with a younger male colleague.
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. "
Christine told The Bbc That Schofield " knew Caroline" and when she died, " he was very upset".
" I think he's now realising even more what she went through, " Christine said. " But until it happens to you, you feel sad But you don't understand. "
Schofield told The Bbc That The Fallout in the media had been " relentless" which Christine said was " exactly" how Her Daughter Caroline had felt.
" Every Day she would try to be a bit stronger, which I should imagine Phillip is [doing], " She Said .
The Problem is, she continued: " You get more and more thrown at you".
Imploring people To Let The Situation " settle" She Said Schofield had " lost his job" and " his world" adding: " I think That 's enough. I think That 's enough for anybody. "
In a statement, ITV said: " The relationships we have with those we work with are based on trust. Phillip made assurances to us and his agency which he now acknowledges were untrue and we feel badly let down.
" As a producer and broadcaster, ITV takes its responsibilities around duty of care seriously and has robust and well-established processes in place to support the mental and physical health of employees and all those we work with. "
ITV has already ordered an external review into its handling of The Relationship between Schofield and his colleague.
Schofield, who came out as gay in 2020, also said he believed homophobia had fuelled the media coverage surrounding his extra-marital affair.
He Said revelations about a similar heterosexual relationship would have been treated as " nudge nudge, wink wink" But " if it's a gay relationship, then suddenly it raises eyebrows".
He continued: " People do find each other attractive in different age groups, I mean it does happen. . I appreciate it's the workplace and the history, and I get That - But the fact it is so massive is predominantly homophobia. "
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The former This Morning presenter speaks about his affair and the subsequent Fall Out , with The Bbc 's Amol Rajan .
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