1. Naga Munchetty is a former presenter of BBC World News and BBC Two's weekday financial affairs programme Working Lunch.
19 Facts About Naga Munchetty
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Naga Munchetty studied English Literature and Language at the University of Leeds, graduating in 1997.
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Naga Munchetty worked on the Business Section of The Observer.
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Naga Munchetty joined Working Lunch after the show was revamped in October 2008 and stayed with the programme until it was cancelled in July 2010.
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Since August 2010, Naga Munchetty has presented early morning bulletins on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News.
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Naga Munchetty is a regular presenter on BBC One's Breakfast.
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From January 2021, Naga Munchetty became the presenter on the 10am to 1pm Radio 5 programme on Mondays to Wednesdays replacing Emma Barnett, who moved to Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
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Naga Munchetty narrated the BBC documentary Fear and Faith in Paris looking at anti-Semitic attacks in Paris and their impact on the Jewish community of France.
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Naga Munchetty won Celebrity Mastermind, which was broadcast on 2 January 2013.
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On 26 August 2016, Naga Munchetty presented an episode of Newsnight on BBC Two.
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Naga Munchetty was a contestant on the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, having been paired with Pasha Kovalev, and being voted out in week four.
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Naga Munchetty co-presented Britain's Classroom Heroes with Sean Fletcher in October 2017.
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In 2017, Naga Munchetty joined the cast of CBBC sketch show Class Dismissed playing a fictionalised version of herself as a Media Studies teacher who acts like a newsreader.
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On Boxing Day 2022, Naga Munchetty appeared on the BBC quiz show The Weakest Link.
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On 2 June 2023, and again on 8 December 2023, Naga Munchetty was the host for BBC's Have I Got News for You.
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In September 2019, Naga Munchetty was ruled to have breached the BBC's guidelines by criticising US President Donald Trump for perceived racism.
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Naga Munchetty plays golf, with a handicap of nine in 2015.
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Naga Munchetty is a trustee of local theatre, Watersmeet, and a governor at St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth.
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Naga Munchetty was diagnosed with adenomyosis in September 2022 and revealed her diagnosis during her BBC Radio 5 Live programme in May 2023.