Chetan Pathak
Chetan Pathak (born 26 November) is a British broadcast journalist and television presenter who works for the BBC. He presents sport programs and bulletins on the BBC News Channel, BBC One and internationally on BBC World News.[1]
History[edit]
Pathak was born in the London Borough of Brent. He is of Indian heritage from a Gujarati Hindu family. His parents emigrated to Britain from Uganda and ran a post office and shop. He graduated with a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from City University, London.[2]
Career[edit]
Pathak joined the BBC on work experience at BBC Three Counties Radio before his first full-time role as a reporter and newsreader at BBC Radio Stoke in 2006.[3]
In 2007 Pathak joined the BBC Asian Network as a sports reporter and later worked as a news presenter.[4][5] Pathak presented the station’s flagship news program Asian Network Reports where he interviewed former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown,[6] former Deputy Labour Leader Tom Watson,[7] and Ela Gandhi, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi.[8] The program was nominated for a Radio Academy Award in the Best News and Current Affairs Programme category in 2014.[9] Pathak also presented his own weekly self-titled program at BBC Three Counties Radio.[10] He interviewed Slumdog Millionaire actor Irrfan Khan in 2014 about his work in Hollywood and Bollywood.[11]
Pathak worked as a sports reporter and presented sport bulletins on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio London. In 2013 he interviewed Neil Taylor about his life as one of the few British Asian footballers playing in the Premier League.[12] In 2014 Pathak reported on a hundred South Asian women attending their first football match at Luton Town F.C.[13]
Pathak has also worked as a news reporter at BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)[14] and was Communities Correspondent at BBC Look East.[15] Pathak made his first television appearance on BBC Breakfast Television in 2013 reporting on the Hindu festival of Janmashtami at Bhaktivedanta Manor.[16]
Acting and voice-over work[edit]
In 2010 Pathak received a scholarship to train at Oxford School of Drama.[17] In 2011 he played Doctor Yul Siddiq in the British television series Holby City.[18] He also played Doctor Sharma in the final series of Ruth Jones’ comedy-drama Stella, and in 2017 he played Clinton Carrack in the sitcom Porters opposite Sanjeev Bhaskar.[19] Pathak also played the role of a BBC News Anchor in the US drama series Berlin Station. Pathak is a voiceover artist and has narrated audiobooks for Audible and the RNIB.[20][21]
References[edit]
- ↑ "FA tackles lack of Asian players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "XCity 2018". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-05-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ BBC. "New meaning to burning rubber". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "BBC Asian Network - Asian Network Reports, Lunchtime news programme". BBC. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Peer glad after suspension lifted". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Brown bid to help women in Pakistan schools". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "BBC Asian Network - Asian Network Reports, British involvement in Golden Temple raid?". BBC. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "BBC Asian Network - Asian Network Reports, Ela Gandhi talks about Nelson Mandela". BBC. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Radio Academy Award 2014 winners announced". www.prsformusic.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "BBC Three Counties Radio - Chetan Patak - Clips". BBC. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Chetan Patak - In conversation: Actor Irfan Khan - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Asians face no barriers - Taylor". BBC Sport. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Welcoming Asian women to football". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Family remembers Indian WWI soldiers". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Shot Luton man Atif Ali 'proves doctors wrong'". BBC News. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Thousands attend Hindu festival". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Chetan Pathak becomes a regular face on BBC Sport". The Oxford School of Drama. 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "BBC One - Holby City, Series 13, All About Me". BBC. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Chetan Pathak videos". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "Audiobooks narrated by Chetan Pathak | Audible.com". www.audible.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ "RNIB Library". www.rniblibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
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