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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Ritula Harakhchand Shah was born in [[London Borough of Barnet\|Barnet]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=jTzu6vhORRQWUOq02i5rTQ&scan=1\|title=Index entry\|accessdate=31 March 2018\|work=FreeBMD\|publisher=ONS}}</ref> She was educated at [[Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls]], [[Elstree]] before studying ~~History~~ at the [[University of Warwick]] and graduating in 1988. She joined the Radio 4 production team, moved from there to regional television news,<ref name="r4-bio"/> and then to ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)\|Today]]'' in 1991 as a producer.<ref name="ws-bio">{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/presenters/ritula_shah.shtml\|title=BBC World Service – Presenters – Ritula Shah\|publisher=BBC\|accessdate=2009-01-26}}</ref> When ''The World Today'' launched on the BBC World Service in 1999, Shah became one of its presenters.<ref name="r4-bio"/> She is a presenter on the BBC World Service's ''The Real Story''.		Ritula Harakhchand Shah was born in [[London Borough of Barnet\|Barnet]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=jTzu6vhORRQWUOq02i5rTQ&scan=1\|title=Index entry\|accessdate=31 March 2018\|work=FreeBMD\|publisher=ONS}}</ref> She was educated at [[Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls]], [[Elstree]] before studying history at the [[University of Warwick]] and graduating in 1988. She joined the Radio 4 production team, moved from there to regional television news,<ref name="r4-bio"/> and then to ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)\|Today]]'' in 1991 as a producer.<ref name="ws-bio">{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/presenters/ritula_shah.shtml\|title=BBC World Service – Presenters – Ritula Shah\|publisher=BBC\|accessdate=2009-01-26}}</ref> When ''The World Today'' launched on the BBC World Service in 1999, Shah became one of its presenters.<ref name="r4-bio"/> 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 [[Jain]] family (the [[Jainism\|Jain religion]] is concerned with renunciation), the subjects of her interviews are people whose life has involved renunciation.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s89mk Radio 4 One to One: Ritula Shah]</ref>		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 [[Jain]] family (the [[Jainism\|Jain religion]] is concerned with renunciation), the subjects of her interviews are people whose life has involved renunciation.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s89mk Radio 4 One to One: Ritula Shah]</ref>

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'''Ritula Shah''' {{IPAc-en|r|ɪ|t|ə|ˈ|l|ɑː|_|ˈ|ʃ|ɑː|}} (born 1967) is a journalist and news presenter on [[BBC Radio]]. She is the main presenter of ''[[The World Tonight]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]].

Previously Shah presented ''[[Woman's Hour]]'' on Radio 4 and was a launch presenter for ''[[The World Today (BBC World Service)|The World Today]]'' on the [[BBC World Service]].<ref name="r4-bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/people/presenters/ritula-shah/|title=BBC – Radio 4 – Presenter – Ritula Shah|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-01-26}}</ref>

Shah joined '' The World Tonight'' as Deputy Presenter and also presented the Saturday edition of ''[[PM (Radio 4)|PM]]''. Since the departure of [[Robin Lustig]], Shah has been the lead presenter.

== Life ==
Ritula Harakhchand Shah was born in [[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=jTzu6vhORRQWUOq02i5rTQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=31 March 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> She was educated at [[Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls]], [[Elstree]] before studying History at the [[University of Warwick]] and graduating in 1988. She joined the Radio 4 production team, moved from there to regional television news,<ref name="r4-bio"/> and then to ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today]]'' in 1991 as a producer.<ref name="ws-bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/presenters/ritula_shah.shtml|title=BBC World Service – Presenters – Ritula Shah|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-01-26}}</ref> When ''The World Today'' launched on the BBC World Service in 1999, Shah became one of its presenters.<ref name="r4-bio"/> 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 [[Jain]] family (the [[Jainism|Jain religion]] is concerned with renunciation), the subjects of her interviews are people whose life has involved renunciation.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s89mk Radio 4 One to One: Ritula Shah]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5TJpWsSCS243w9QhCxWbnV6/ritula-shah Ritula Shah's page] on the [[BBC]]'s website

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