Rani Price (born Rani Ratna Khanijau 29 January 1974 in

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) is a British television presenter who has presented a variety of children's shows for CBBC Channel,

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, Channel 5 and

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Television career

Early Days

Born in Liverpool to Indian parents and the youngest of four children, Price studied

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at university and toured schools in the north west of England with "Theatre in Education". She also ran drama classes and confidence workships for young people.

Children's television

Her first appearance on

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was as a roving reporter for "CBBC Red Nose Day 2001". From 2004, she co-presented the children's game show ''

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'' with CBBC presenter Abs. She had a catchphrase of "no way" which she often said to people whilst speaking in the show. Since 2007, she has co-presented '' ROAR'' on the CBBC Channel. She became a popular face on the CBBC Channel where she presented links between programmes until October 2007, although returning briefly as a guest presenter in April 2010. She has also been a special guest on the art programme '' SMart'' and has presented '' Xchange'' on the CBBC Channel. Price occasional reports and guest presents on ''

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'' following the 2011 revamp.

Other appearances

She co-presented

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's daytime property programmes '' To Buy or Not to Buy'' and "Don't Get Done Get Dom" she also appeared on '' Celebrity MasterChef'' in 2007 alongside fellow celebrities such as the dancer, ''

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'' judge Craig Revel Horwood, former English cricketer

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and the eventual winner, TV presenter and ex-'' EastEnders''

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Nadia Sawalha. She also appeared on the

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documentary ''Kill It, Cook It, Eat It''. She and

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presented ''Don't Get Done in the Sun'' from 20–31 May 2013.

References

1974 births Living people English television presenters English people of Indian descent {{England-tv-bio-stub