Ritula Shah (born 1967) is a journalist and news presenter on

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. She is the main presenter of ''

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'' on

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. Previously Shah presented ''

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'' on Radio 4 and was a launch presenter for '' The World Today'' on the

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. Shah joined '' The World Tonight'' as Deputy Presenter and also presented the Saturday edition of '' PM''. Since the departure of

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, Shah has been the lead presenter.

Life

Ritula Harakhchand Shah was born in Barnet. She was educated at

Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls Haberdashers' Girls' School is an independent day school in Elstree, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as "Habs" (or "Habs Girls" to distinguish it from the neighbouring Haberdashers' Boys' School). The school was founded in 1875 by the ...

Elstree Elstree is a large village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is about northwest of central London on the former A5 road, that follows the course of Watling Street. In 2011, its population was 5,110. It forms part of the ...

before studying history at the

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and graduating in 1988. She joined the Radio 4 production team, moved from there to regional television news, and then to ''

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'' in 1991 as a producer. When ''The World Today'' launched on the BBC World Service in 1999, Shah became one of its presenters. She is a presenter on the BBC World Service's ''The Real Story''. In May 2013, she began a series of eight episodes in the BBC Radio 4 ''One to One'' series of interviews. As she belongs to a

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family (the

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is concerned with

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), the subjects of her interviews are people whose life has involved renunciation. Radio 4 One to One: Ritula Shah
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References

External links

Ritula Shah's page
on the

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's website {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Ritula 1967 births Living people BBC World Service presenters British radio presenters British women radio presenters British journalists British women journalists People educated at Haberdashers' Girls' School