Mohit Dutta (born 1971), is a

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and

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presenter known for his dry sense of humour, who presented Saturday and Sunday morning shows on

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between 1 July 1995 to 30 May 2009. He has also been a familiar face on BBC1's Daytime TV. His TV work includes ''Big Day Out'' and ''TalkAbout'', both on BBC1, ''Network East'' and ''Bollywood or Bust'', the Hindi movie quiz show, both on BBC2, plus occasional appearances on BBC1's Countryfile. He joined Radio 2 in 1995 when he took over the Saturday and Sunday early morning shows. They were broadcast from 6:00–8:00 a.m. on Saturday and from 4:00–7:00 a.m. on Sunday. In March 2008, his Saturday show was extended to 4:00–8:00 a.m. and he dropped the Sunday show. Mo also briefly presented the weekend breakfast show on the

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and used to be a presenter at

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, and before that on

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and

BBC GMR BBC Radio Manchester is the BBC's local radio station serving Greater Manchester. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of ...

. He's also presented shows on 5 Live. In his spare time he runs a number of his own business enterprises including Internet training, software design, broadcast electronics and production. Mo announced on his

show that his last show would be on 30 May 2009.

Zoe Ball Zoe Louise Ball (born 23 November 1970) is a British radio and television presenter. She was the first female host of both ''Radio 1 Breakfast'' and ''The Radio 2 Breakfast Show'' for the BBC, and presented the 1990s children's show ''Live & K ...

took over the show early June 2009.

References

External links

Mo Dutta's website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutta, Mo British radio personalities British radio presenters British radio DJs BBC radio presenters BBC Radio 2 presenters British television presenters BBC television presenters British people of Indian descent British people of Punjabi descent Punjabi people Living people 1971 births