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Anita Rani announced as the 2024 MJ Awards host
Faerfield are delighted to announce that we are sponsoring the brilliant Anita Rani as the host of this year’s MJ Awards.
Anita Rani is a radio and TV presenter who has covered everything from current affairs to religion to sport. Alongside a variety of hosting and reporting roles she presents the Friday edition of Radio 4 institution Woman's Hour.
Starting her career at just 14, hosting a show on local radio in her native Bradford, Anita went on to host youth and lifestyle programming on Channel 5 before moving to the BBC. On BBC Three she presented coverage of the BBC Poetry Slam, she hosted the BBC Asian Network’s breakfast show, and the award-winning Desi DNA, the Asian arts and culture show on BBC Two. She went on to co-host Watchdog and work on the current affairs brief for The One Show, filing reports on everything from policing to alcoholism to online scams.
Anita remains a regular on The One Show as both reporter and presenter, as well as on Countryfile, and has been a stand-in co-host on ITV’s This Morning. She also presented four series of Four Rooms, the popular Channel 4 programme where members of the public with antiques, collectables and works of art attempt to negotiate the best price with a team of professional dealers. She also won the first Sport Relief British Bake Off and reached the semi-final of Strictly Come Dancing.
Our Managing Director, Martin Tucker, says: “We are very happy to have this opportunity to sponsor Anita’s attendance at the MJ Awards and are looking forward to celebrating the stars of local government on what be a great chance to reflect on the sector’s successes over the past 12 months.”
This year’s MJ Awards will take place on Friday 21st June at Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London.
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