Bobby Friction

After studying Contemporary Arts at Nottingham Trent University, Friction's career as a DJ started in 1997 with residencies at the ‘Swaraj' night at the Blue Note, Hoxton, and the ‘Shaanti' club at Birmingham’s Custard Factory.

In 2003 the show won a Sony Radio Academy Award in the Specialist Music category.

[6] In 2018 his documentary Straight Outta Mumbai explored the history of Indian hip-hop.

He has also made appearances on The Wright Stuff (Channel 5), The Daily Politics (BBC2) and Sunday Morning Live (BBC1).

[12] He has presented documentaries for BBC Radio 4 on topics such as pub culture in the West Midlands Punjabi community (so called Desi pubs),[13] the aftermath of the assassination of Indira Gandhi in New Delhi in 1984,[14] and filter bubbles in social media.