Radha Modgil

Radha Modgil
Born Radha Modgil
18 August
Occupation GP, Radio Presenter, TV Personality

Radha Modgil is a medical doctor and media personality.

Modgil studied at University of Cambridge gaining an MA and qualified as a doctor at Imperial College London. She worked for five years in hospital medicine in London and then trained for a further two years to qualify as a GP. Modgil continues to practice as an NHS GP, as well as teaching and working in health promotion.

Modgil is the co-host for BBC Radio 1's The Surgery every Wednesday. She was the resident GP for Live with Gabby on CH5 and also for Newsround CBBC. She appeared as the medical reporter & presenter for The Sex Education Show Ch4 (series 1-5) and Make My Body Younger BBC3 (Series 1-2).

Television

Modgil has appeared on a number of shows in her capacity as a doctor.

  • City Hospital, BBC One (2004)
  • ITN News at Ten (2010)
  • Make My Body Younger, BBC Three Series 1, (2008)
  • Make My Body Younger, BBC Three Series 2, (2009)
  • The Sex Education Show, Channel 4
    • Series 1 (2008)
    • Series 2: "The Sex Education Show vs Pornography" (2009)
    • Series 3: "Am I Normal?" (2010)
    • Series 4: "Stop Pimping Our Kids" (2011)
    • Series 5: "Britain's Sex Survey" (2012)
  • The Vanessa Show, Channel Five, (2011)
  • Live with Gaby, Channel Five, (2011–2012)
  • Dying for Clear Skin, BBC Three (2012)
  • Chasing the Saturdays, E! (2013)
  • BBC Breakfast, Online Safety/Bullying,BBC One (2013)
  • ITV's This Morning Health Alert- Women's Health (2013)
  • Channel 5 News - Older People & The NHS (2014)
  • ITV Tonight - Fuel Poverty & Health (2014)
  • CBBC Newsround - Resident GP and Expert for Food Week & Diabetes Special (2015)
  • Feeling Better, CBeebies (2018)

Radio broadcasting

Modgil has contributed to several radio stations, most noticeably BBC Radio 1, joining in January 2013 and then becoming the resident weekly doctor in July 2013 joining Aled Haydn Jones on the programme.

  • The Surgery with Katie and Dr Radha, Co-presenter, BBC Radio One every Wednesday 9.00pm-10.00pm, BBC Radio 1
  • Interviews and medical broadcasting, LBC 2013
  • Interviews and Q & A, BBC Oxford 2012
  • Radio Europe 2012

References

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  1. ↑ 03:45 (2009-01-09). "BBC Three - Make My Body Younger, Series 1, Emma Sheldon". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  2. ↑ "BBC Radio 1 - The Surgery with Katie and Dr Radha - Dr Radha Modgil". Bbc.co.uk. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  3. ↑ "No Sexperience Necessary - Am I Normal - Channel 4". Sexperienceuk.channel4.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150501014735/http://www.jdrf.org.uk/about-us/celebrity-supporters. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "www.totpmag.com". Totpmag.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  6. ↑ "Dr Radha's women's health alert | Health | This Morning". Itv.com. 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  7. ↑ "The Complete History of... - The Complete History of... Sexting - All 4". Channel4.com. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  8. ↑ "Dr Radha – Woman's own". Womansown.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  9. ↑ "BBC Radio 1 - This week on The Surgery Aled and Dr Radha..." Facebook. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  10. ↑ "Chasing The Saturdays | E! Online UK". Uk.eonline.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  11. ↑ "Generation selfie sweep the board at the Mind Media Awards 2014 | Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems". Mind.org.uk. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  12. ↑ "LIVE with..." Channel 5. 2016-02-11. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
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