Bio

Rajan Datar is an award-winning and versatile international broadcaster, journalist and conference moderator. He is perhaps best known for presenting some 30 travelogues for BBC TV as well as the weekly Travel Show programme but he also presents the BBC World Service’s The Forum ( similar to R4’s In Our Time) as well as numerous R4 documentaries and stints as host of The Media Show and The Front Row on R4. For seven years previously he was a reporter on current affairs strands Newsnight and The Money Programme on BBC2. He also moderates and chairs conferences and literary festivals (including Hay) around the world. Founder/Bass Player of Maroon Town, globetrotting ska and reggae 8-piece for 30 years! TV/Radio Reporter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhC8eTp6DbQ (BBC TRAIL) https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jp52sjvl1m2tdj/UltimateJapan_SneakPeek_VC.mp4?dl=0 Recent TV specials on BBC Travel Show - March 2022 on Qatar's drive to be a tourist destination ,October 2021 Ireland's Road to Recovery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TU06BOd7Yo The Battle of the Oranges in Ivrea, Italy, BBC Travel Show https://youtu.be/JN7pURGuzyE 14 mins 36 secs in https://www.bbcglobalnews.com/tipping-point/how-is-travel-and-tourism-navigating-a-greener-future/ May 2022 BBC Radio 4 The P Word, documentary, presenter the Media Show, October 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00108bl Pick of the Week ( presenter and writer) BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xlx8 Print journalist and features/column writer, national newspapers and publications, https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/uk-tourist-boards-marketing-diversity-b1942781.html Presents the weekly flagship discussion show ''The Forum '' BBC World Service and for 12 years has hosted the World Service weekly feedback show ''Over To You'' - more than 500 shows so far! For 7 years Reporter for flagship news and current affairs BBC2 shows Newsnight and The Money Programme. Moderator conferences around the world in travel and the arts including the UNWTO, WTTC Cheltenham Literary Festival and the Hay Literary Festival Presented 30 acclaimed BBC travelogues (average audiences of 70 million) - including Mongolia ( where he wrestled!) Cuba and Vietnam. At this time, a regular features writer for the Guardian, the Times, the Mail, the Face and The NME. He then presented the ground-breaking BBC2 travel show ''Rough Guide to the World'' for two seasons. Studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Brasenose College, Oxford University; Masters degree from London School of Economics.