Sonali Shah

Sonali Shah (born 26 July 1980 in Edgware, London) is a British television and radio broadcaster who currently presents Sunday Breakfast on Magic FM as well as BBC television programme Escape to the Country, ITV's Tonight and has her own segment on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch.

[2] Sonali Gudka was born in Edgware, London to immigrant Indian parents, who run a pharmacy.

[4] Aiming for a career in medicine, Shah began presenting on the local hospital radio.

Shah also reported for Sportsround, and posted an online diary from the 2010 Commonwealth Games for the Newsround website.

[5] She made a number of Newsround Specials,[6] including two documentaries from Afghanistan in 2010,[7][8] which were also shown on the BBC News Channel.

[11] She was one of three BBC presenters, along with Manish Bhasin and Rishi Persad, at the 2011 Cricket World Cup in the Indian sub-continent.

[16] In May 2014, Shah became a sports reporter for Today, the daily morning news programme for BBC Radio 4.

In August 2016, Shah covered for sports presenter Matt Williams on BBC Radio 2 during Simon Mayo Drivetime 3-week summer break.

In April 2021, Shah began presenting the Sunday Breakfast show on Magic Radio.