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Having become one of the most popular voices on the Network, she was given her own format of show as part of the wide ranging schedule changes put in place in May 2006 and has since been presenting a programme called simply ''Nikki Bedi''. The show, which airs from 12:30 to 16:00 every weekday, features reports on Music, Movies and the Arts and includes interviews with some of the leading names in the British and International Arts world. Nikki has not left her television work behind however and most recently appeared as a presenter on [[BBC2]]'s [[Desi DNA]]. |
Having become one of the most popular voices on the Network, she was given her own format of show as part of the wide ranging schedule changes put in place in May 2006 and has since been presenting a programme called simply ''Nikki Bedi''. The show, which airs from 12:30 to 16:00 every weekday, features reports on Music, Movies and the Arts and includes interviews with some of the leading names in the British and International Arts world. Nikki has not left her television work behind however and most recently appeared as a presenter on [[BBC2]]'s [[Desi DNA]]. |
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She has recently on her show shown the desire to do more TV programmes, it is know that she likes this aspect. Some have said she would be a good character in a British Soap |
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Revision as of 11:01, 21 September 2006
Nikki Bedi is a Television and Radio Presenter, born Nikki Moolgaoker in Aylesbury on 9 September 1967 [1] to an Indian father of Maharashtrian Parsi origin and an English mother.
She is proud of both her Indian and English roots and refers to herself as Indian-Anglo.
Career
Both a stage and television actress, she began her career in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) working with some of India’s finest directors; spotted by the UK’s Channel 4, Nikki hosted Bombay Chat, an on-location celebrity talk show and Star TV gave her a primetime slot for Nikki Tonight which quickly proved to be Asia’s most widely viewed and controversial talk show, although it was subsequently ended by Star TV after a guest made a derogatory remark about Mahatma Gandhi after which she lived and worked for a time in Los Angeles.
Returning to the UK in 2000, she was the face of Universal’s film channel The Studio for over 2 years and had her own Live film show on NOW.
In 2003, while continuing her television work, Nikki began developing a career in radio appearing on LBC and BBC Radio 4, she became a regular stand-in presenter on the BBC Asian Network, most notably for the Sonia Deol show. In 2004 she became the presenter of a new BBC Asian Network Weekend morning programme called Hot Breakfast before taking over as presenter of the Weekday afternoon show, Drive, in 2005.
Having become one of the most popular voices on the Network, she was given her own format of show as part of the wide ranging schedule changes put in place in May 2006 and has since been presenting a programme called simply Nikki Bedi. The show, which airs from 12:30 to 16:00 every weekday, features reports on Music, Movies and the Arts and includes interviews with some of the leading names in the British and International Arts world. Nikki has not left her television work behind however and most recently appeared as a presenter on BBC2's Desi DNA.
She has recently on her show shown the desire to do more TV programmes, it is know that she likes this aspect. Some have said she would be a good character in a British Soap
Marriages
Her first marriage, to food stylist and economist Sunil Vijayakar, ended after she met and fell in love with International actor Kabir Bedi during rehearsals of Othello in which they were both appearing. She commented at the time that separating from Sunil Vijayakar was something that "she could not help as she had simply fallen for Kabir". She and Kabir were married in the mid 1990's and although they divorced amicably in 2005 she has retained her married name.