Anita Rani

An RTS Award winning broadcaster with a career spanning nearly 20 years, Anita Rani is a hugely popular presenter with TV audiences.


As one of the lead presenters on Countryfile, Anita has become a familiar face on British television. Also presenting a range of shows including Secret Spenders, Aldi’s Next Big Thing, Fastest Finger First, and Britain by Beach, as well as a range of explorative documentaries for the BBC including Bollywood: The World’s Biggest Film Industry; My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947; and War on Plastics with Hugh and Anita, alongside Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.


Growing up in Bradford, Anita had her own radio show on Sunrise Radio at the age of 14 and has loved working within radio ever since. She enjoyed previously working for BBC Asian Network and Radio 6 Music and has continued to develop her relationship with radio ever since, joining the BBC’s Asian Network in 2005. She covers numerous popular slots for BBC Radio 2 and is the main host of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour alongside Emma Barnett.


Her debut book The Right Sort of Girl was released in 2021, documenting her upbringing and the lessons she’s learnt growing up navigating her Indian world at home and the British world outside. It became a Sunday Times bestseller and received rave reviews upon release.

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