Ranvir Singh

Ranvir Singh
Ranvir Singh in 2009.
Born11 August 1977 (1977-08-11) (age 48)
Alma materLancaster University, University of Central Lancashire
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • TV Presenter
Notable credit(s)BBC North West Tonight
Good Morning Britain
ITV News
Loose Women

Strictly Come Dancing
Spouse
Ranjeet Singh Dehal
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Children1

Ranvir Singh (born 11 August 1977) is a British television presenter. She is the Political Editor, Standby Newsreader and Standby Presenter for Good Morning Britain.

Early life

Singh was born in 1977 in Preston, Lancashire in a Sikh family. Educated at Kirkham Grammar School, an independent school in Kirkham, Lancashire, she graduated from the University of Lancaster with a degree in English and Philosophy. She then gained a postgraduate qualification in journalism at the School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Lancashire.

Career

Singh joined BBC Radio Lancashire in 2002, initially on work experience before being a six-month contract. She then moved to BBC GMR, covering the 2002 Commenwealth Games in Manchester. Singh joined the BBC North West regional news programme North West Tonight in 2005 as a journalist and bulletin presenter. She was a co-presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak and then did Good Morning Britain as a features correspondent and news presenter with Susanna Reid, Sean Fletcher, Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins, then she has been a relief newscaster on the various ITV News bulletins, then did a factual programme Tonight as a reporter. Since March 2015, she has guest presented numerous Exposure specials. In 2016 and 2017, Singh co-presented The Martin Lewis Money Show alongside Martin Lewis, but was later replaced by Angellica Bell. And then Singh danced with a professional dancer in the eighteenth series of the BBC One celebrity dancing show Strictly Come Dancing since 2020.