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Nihal Arthanayake

Nihal Arthanayake

Broadcaster

Hosted BBC Radio 5 Live’s Afternoon Show: Nihal Arthanayake for 8 years. Nihal also fronted BBC 5Live Sunday show ‘Headliners’ with unrivalled long form interviews into the worlds of art, books, sport, music, film, and TV; also available on BBC Sounds.  

Former presenter of the hugely successful Penguin Podcast. Nihal performed children’s favourite fairy tales and folk tales for CBeebies’ Journey through Musical Storyland series.

Won Interview of the Year at the 2019 BBC Radio & Music Awards

TV appearances including MasterChef, Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, Portrait Artist of the Year, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Celebrity Mastermind and The Jeremy Vine Show.


 

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