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{{Short description|British television and radio presenter}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2017}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
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| birth_name = Nikki Moolgaoker<ref name="birth">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007''</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Aylesbury]], [[Buckinghamshire]], UK
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| occupation = [[Radio presenter]]
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Kabir Bedi]]|1992|2005|end=divorce}}
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'''Nikki Bedi''' ({{IPAc-en|pron|ˈ|b|eɪ|d|i}}; ''née'' '''Moolgaoker'''; 9 September 1966) is a British television and radio presenter, born to an [[India]]n father of [[Marathi people|Maharashtrian]] origin and an English mother.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Married to [[Kabir Bedi]] from 1992 to 2005, she retained her married name after a divorce in 2005.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} She describes herself as [[Anglo-Indian|Indo-Anglian]].<ref name=moc>{{Cite episode |title=Episode 1 |episode-link=The Museum of Curiosity#Series 12 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kxt2b |access-date=8 January 2018 |series=The Museum of Curiosity |series-link=The Museum of Curiosity |first=Nikki |last=Bedi |network=[[BBC Radio 4]] |date=8 January 2018 |series-no=12 |number=1 |time=3 mins 18 secs |quote=I describe myself as Indo-Anglian. }}</ref>

She writes and presents ''The Arts Hour'' and ''The Arts Hour on Tour'' for the [[BBC World Service]], and co-hosts [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''Saturday Live''.<ref name=moc />

==Career==
Both a stage and television actress, she began her career in [[Mumbai]]. Spotted by the UK's [[Channel 4]], Bedi hosted ''Bombay Chat'', an on-location celebrity talk show.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} [[STAR TV (Asia)|Star TV]] gave her a primetime slot for ''Nikki Tonight'' which quickly proved to be Asia's most widely viewed and controversial talk show, although it was subsequently cancelled by Star TV after a guest, gay rights activist [[Ashok Row Kavi]], made a derogatory remark about [[Mahatma Gandhi]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Bedi then moved to live and work for a time in Los Angeles, before returning to the UK in 2000 to be the face of [[NBC Universal|Universal's]] film channel The Studio for over two years.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} She also presented two live film shows for [[NOW.com|NOW]], ''Worldwide Screen'' and ''Bollywood Today''.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

In 2003, Bedi began working in radio, appearing on [[LBC]] and BBC Radio 4.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} In 2004, she became the presenter of a new weekend morning programme called ''Hot Breakfast'' on the [[BBC Asian Network]] before taking over as presenter of the weekday afternoon show, ''Drive'' in 2005.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} In May 2006, as part of wide-ranging schedule changes, she was given her own show called ''Nikki Bedi'' on the [[BBC Asian Network]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} The daily show featured music, films, books, art and all things cultural and included interviews with prominent figures from those worlds.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

She has covered for a number of key presenters on [[BBC Radio 2]], [[BBC Radio London|BBC London 94.9]] and BBC Radio 4 and in October 2008 fulfilled a long-held ambition by appearing in an episode of the BBC Radio 4 drama, ''[[The Archers]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Bedi continued with her television work alongside radio, appearing as a presenter on [[BBC2]]'s ''[[Desi DNA]]'' for three years and on the popular [[BBC One]] series ''[[To Buy or Not to Buy]]'' during 2010 and 2011.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Bedi was a [[Costa Book Awards]] judge in the New Novel category announced in Jan 2010 and has also been on the judging panel for the [[ÉCU The European Independent Film festival|European Independent Film Festival]] Awards and the [[One World Media Awards]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} In February 2010, she presented a 3-part documentary series on [[BBC Radio 2]] called ''Bollywood Britain''.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} The series explores the history of Hindi film music and its lasting ties with generations of British Asians.

Bedi continues to be a voiceover artist, having voiced or narrated a wide variety of shows from the [[BBC Four]] documentary series ''[[Indian School (TV series)|Indian School]]'' to the ''[[The Sun Military Awards|Millies]]'' on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkibedi.com/credits |title=Nikki Bedi Official Website Credits Page |publisher=Nikki Bedi |date=19 May 2013 |accessdate=6 June 2017}}</ref>

===BBC London 94.9, BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 (2010–present)===
Joining [[BBC Radio London|BBC London 94.9]] in 2010, Bedi presented an evening weekend show until taking over as presenter of the Monday to Thursday overnight show in 2011.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} She has also been a regular stand-in presenter for key [[BBC London 94.9]] shows and presenters including, the ''[[Lesley Joseph]] Show'', the ''[[Vanessa Feltz]] Show'', ''[[Eddie Nestor]]'s Rum Shop'', ''[[The Late Show with JoAnne Good]]'' and [[Gaby Roslin]] on ''The Breakfast Show''.

Early in 2013, Bedi moved to the [[BBC Radio London|BBC London 94.9]] evening weekend show (Friday to Sunday), making way for her new weekday show ''The Arts Hour'' on the BBC World Service.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Curated, written and presented by Bedi, ''The Arts Hour'' is a weekly collection of the most interesting arts related stories from across the [[BBC]] and elsewhere.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} In February 2016, Bedi moved to the weekday early breakfast on the renamed [[BBC Radio London]]. She left early breakfast in December 2016, and from January 2017 until April 2019, Bedi presented a Sunday mid morning show on [[BBC Radio London]].

In August 2019, Bedi made her debut on [[Smooth Radio (2014)|Smooth Radio]] on a Sunday afternoon show.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Bedi has been associated with [[BBC Radio 4]] for several years having become a regular interviewer on ''[[Loose Ends (radio)|Loose Ends]]'', presenting the show when usual host [[Clive Anderson]] was absent and she has also occasionally presented ''[[Woman's Hour]]''. Bedi became co-host of ''Saturday Live'' in late 2020 <ref name=moc />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nikkibedi.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tmg0 ''The Arts Hour''] (BBC World Service)
*[https://www.smoothradio.com/radio/shows-presenters/nikki-bedi/ ''Nikki Bedi''] (Smooth Radio)

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[[Category:British people of Marathi descent]]
[[Category:People from Aylesbury]]
[[Category:English people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Women radio presenters]]
[[Category:BBC Radio 2 presenters]]
[[Category:BBC Asian Network presenters]]
[[Category:BBC Radio 4 presenters]]

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>Mayiani.kenya: The link at for 'Indo-Anglian' was a link to Anglo-Indian literature, rather than Anglo-Indian people. Just fixed that.