Ranvir Singh (born 11 August 1977)[2] is a British journalist and television presenter. She is a newsreader and presenter for Good Morning Britain, presenter of Riddiculous and a relief presenter of Lorraine (alongside Christine Lampard).
On 10 September 2007, Singh joined long-serving presenter Gordon Burns as the main co-presenter on BBC North West Tonight. Former BBC South Today sports editor Roger Johnson became Singh's co-presenter in October 2011 following Burns' departure.[8] While working on North West Tonight, Singh was also a regular presenter for late night and weekend breakfast shows on BBC Radio 5 Live.[citation needed] Singh went on maternity leave from North West Tonight on 18 May 2012. Ten days later it was announced that she would not be returning to the BBC but would be joining the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak.[9] She made her first appearance on Daybreak on 3 September 2012.[10]
In 2012, Singh occasionally reviewed the newspapers on This Morning. In May 2014, Singh joined Good Morning Britain as a features correspondent and news presenter with Susanna Reid, Sean Fletcher, Ben Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins. Since May 2014, Singh has been a relief newscaster on various ITV News bulletins. On 25 September 2014, Singh joined the factual ITV programme Tonight as a reporter. Since March 2015, she has guest presented numerous Exposure specials. From 2015 until 2016, Ranvir presented two primetime series for ITV called Real Stories with Ranvir Singh.[11]
Singh's highlights at Good Morning Britain also include travelling around the world on board the RAF Voyager with the Prime Minister, with visits including China, Canada and inside the White House with President Trump, and live reporting from the ground as the Grenfell Tower fire unfolded.[13] Since 2020, Singh has been a guest presenter on Loose Women. On 2 September 2020, it was announced that Singh would be taking part in the eighteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. She was partnered with Giovanni Pernice. They reached the Semi-Final so were fifth place overall behind the four finalists Jamie Laing, HRVY, Maisie Smith and champion Bill Bailey.
From 6 September 2020, Singh co-presented ten episodes of ITV’s All Around Britain, a new weekly topical magazine series, with fellow Good Morning Britain presenter Alex Beresford.[14][15] She was replaced with Lorraine entertainment presenter, Ria Hebden, while participating in the 18th series of Strictly Come Dancing.[citation needed] On 16 December 2020, it was announced that Singh would be presenting Lorraine on the 21st, 22nd, and 23 December while main presenter, Lorraine Kelly, takes a Christmas Break.[16] In 2021, Singh continued to guest present on Lorraine, and she continues to regularly present in Kelly's absence.
Awards and honours
In November 2010, Singh was awarded “Best On Screen Talent” at theRoyal Television Society's North West Awards.[17]
Singh married Ranjeet Singh Dehal in January 2012.[26] Together, the couple have one son, born in the July of that year.[27] They separated when Singh was seven months pregnant.[28][29] After the birth of her son, she moved from the North West to the Chilterns, following her move from BBC North West to ITV in London.[30][31]
In December 2021, Singh announced that she was in a relationship with Louis Church, whom she met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020 when he was working on the show's production team.[32][33][34]
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