Shereen Nanjiani (born 4 October 1961) is a Scottish radio presenter with
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 197 ...
.
Before launching her radio career in 2006, Nanjiani was the chief news anchor at
STV Central
Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the ...
, having presented the news programme, ''
Scotland Today
''Scotland Today'' is a Scottish regional news programme covering Central Scotland, produced by STV Central (formerly Scottish Television). Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme was actually limited to stories around STV's C ...
'' since 1987. She is the first Asian-Scots presenter in Scotland and the longest serving female news presenter at STV.
Early life
Nanjiani was born in
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* Elderslie, Scotland
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,
Scotland
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. She is a second cousin of the
Pakistani-American comedian
Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (; ur, کمیل علی ننجیانی, ; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019) and for co-wri ...
.
Nanjiani worked on Hospital Radio Paisley for a short time in the late 1970s where she used to read some local news cuttings she had gathered during the week.
Career
STV
Nanjiani earned a job as a trainee journalist in 1983 with
STV. She was called in to present her first bulletin in 1987, when
Sheena McDonald
Sheena Elizabeth McDonald (born 25 July 1954, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.
Early life
She was the daughter of Very Rev William J. G. McDonald, minister of Mayfield church in Edinburgh, and Moderator o ...
was ill.
Nanjiani has hosted many programmes for STV, including religious affairs series ''Eikon'' and ''Secret Scotland'' in the late nineties. Nanjiani also hosted several editions of the ''
Scottish Politician of the Year
Scottish Politician of the Year is an annual award established in 1999. It is held by '' The Herald'' newspaper in Prestonfield House, Edinburgh.
Although the awards ceremony has been held once at the Royal Museum, Prestonfield House Hotel is c ...
Awards'' on STV. On 16 February 2006, it was announced that Nanjiani, along with colleagues
Jane Lewis and
Sarah Heaney
Sarah Heaney (born 19 May 1970) is a former Scottish television presenter.
Life and career
She began her TV career with Live TV as a news reporter, then went on to front ''S2 Live'' on the now defunct SMG digital channel S2. In early 2000 ...
had accepted
voluntary redundancy
Voluntary redundancy (VR) is a financial incentive offered by an organisation to encourage employees to voluntarily resign, typically in downsizing or restructuring situations. The purpose is to avoid compulsory redundancies or layoffs.
Reasons
A ...
from STV.
Nanjiani left ''Scotland Today'' and STV on 5 May 2006. In interviews with the Scottish press, Nanjiani said that she was looking forward to other exciting projects away from live television.
On 28 August 2007, Shereen made her first
STV Central
Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the ...
appearance since her departure on the station's video blog, The Real MacKay.
BBC
On 20 June 2006, it was announced that Nanjiani was 'switching sides' to the
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and she made her debut as a radio presenter on Friday 11 August as part of a set of changes to the presenting line-up of
's news and current affairs programmes. Nanjiani started her radio career at BBC Scotland at the helm of lunchtime programme, ''Scotland Live'', which she presented every Friday.
She now presents ''Shereen'', a live topical news and current affairs programme broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland originally every Sunday morning.
She appeared as herself in an episode of BBC police spoof comedy
for services to broadcasting in Scotland.