Ranvir Singh

Ranvir Singh is the award-winning presenter and political editor for Good Morning Britain, featuring on The Times 2019 Election hot list as ‘funny, sharp and with a sheen on her fringe which no man or woman could argue’.

Ranvir’s highlights at GMB include travelling around the world onboard the RAF Voyager with the Prime Minister, with visits including China, Canada and inside the White House with President Trump, as well as live reporting from the ground as the tragedy of the Grenfell fire unfolded. She has seen the slums of Sierra Leone, and was the first to report on the refugee crisis on the Macedonia/Serbian border. Ranvir currently presents from the GMB studio every Wednesday.

Ranvir and her GMB team won the prestigious Golden Nymph Award in the ‘Live Breaking News’ category at the 59th Monte Carlo Television Awards in 2019 for their coverage of the Westminster attack in 2018 - beating the likes of CNN and Al Jazeera. Judges praised Ranvir, who was presenting the show that day for bringing her own knowledge to a live breaking incident and applauded her ability to strike the perfect tone of urgency, without being alarmist and guiding viewers with a balance of fact and speculation.

As a regular newsreader on ITN news and anchor for Tonight, 2019 was a very busy year for Ranvir, culminating in interviewing some of the top political leaders ahead of the General Election and covering the election results for ITN on the day.

Ranvir has fronted several ITV primetime factual series. The successful Eat, Shop, Save is now on its fourth series. The show sees Ranvir and her team of experts help families to eat and save their way to household happiness. Real Stories with Ranvir Singh successfully ran for two series. It told the unique stories of people involved in extraordinary, life-changing events. Ravnir has also co presented The Martin Lewis Show Live and on 2 September 2020, she took part in the18th series of Strictly Come Dancing and reached the Semi-Final.

Ranvir spent 12 years at the BBC where she was a producer, reporter and presenter on both regional and national radio and television. She co-presented BBC North West Tonight for nearly five years and in 2010 was awarded “Best On Screen Talent” at the Royal Television Society’s North West Awards.

Alongside her television work, Ranvir has presented on BBC Radio 5 Live as a regular on the Weekend Breakfast show, as well as presenting on the station’s Late-Night Phone In, Drivetime and Breakfast with Nicky Campbell shows.

Ranvir was born and brought up in Preston. She attended Lancaster University where she studied Philosophy and English Literature. After finishing her degree, Ranvir returned to Preston to complete a postgraduate qualification in Broadcast Journalism. In 2013, Ranvir was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Central Lancashire and in 2017 became a Chancellor for UCLan.