Ranj Singh

Ranj Singh
Born Ranjit Singh
(1979-06-26) 26 June 1979
Medway, Kent, England
Occupation Doctor
television presenter

Ranjit "Ranj" Singh (born 26 June 1979)[1][2] is a British doctor, television presenter, author and columnist. He is best known for co-creating and presenting the CBeebies show, Get Well Soon from 2012 to 2015. He also appears on ITV This Morning, as a resident doctor, as well as co-hosting ITV Save Money: Good Health alongside Sian Williams.[3]

Early life

Singh was born in Medway, Kent, England. He is from a Sikh family, with his parents originating from Punjab, India. He went to a school close to the area. He moved to London to attend university and has lived there ever since.

Career

Singh is an NHS clinician, having trained in London and worked in several renowned hospitals. Specialising in children’s health, Singh became a member of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2007. He continues to work in the NHS and specialises in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

From 2012 to 2015, Singh presented Get Well Soon on CBeebies, which he co-created with Kindle Entertainment.[4][5] In 2016, the show received a children's BAFTA award in the Interactive - Adapted category.

He currently appears on This Morning as a resident doctor. On 20 July 2018, he was a guest presenter on the show, alongside Vanessa Feltz.[6]

He co-hosts ITV primetime show Save Money: Good Health, alongside Sian Williams.

He has also contributed to a range of other programmes such as BBC Inside Out, Channel 5 News and ITV Good Morning Britain. In 2017, he won BBC's Pointless Celebrities, alongside Dr. Hilary Jones.

As well as this, Singh is author of two children's educational books with Oxford University Press: Food Fuel and Skelebones, and is columnist for Attitude magazine and NetDoctor.

In August 2018, it was announced that Singh would be a contestant on the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.[7]

Personal life

Singh is gay. He discussed his sexuality in an interview for Attitude in 2016. He was married to a woman after leaving university, but subsequently divorced.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr Ranj's Top Ten Questions And Answers - www.mumazine.com". mumazine.com.
  2. ↑ "This Morning on Twitter".
  3. ↑ Nisbet, Megan (20 July 2018). "Dr Ranj real life uncovered away from ITV's This Morning".
  4. ↑ "Get Well Soon - CBeebies - BBC".
  5. ↑ "BBC - Feature: Dr Ranj Singh talks about his new CBeebies show, Get Well Soon - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Roxanne (20 July 2018). "ITV This Morning: Vanessa Feltz STUNNED at Dr Ranj outburst as she admits fears for show".
  7. ↑ "BBC - Dr Ranj Singh is the seventh celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2018 - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "'Coming out to my wife was hard, but coming out to my family was another level entirely'". 14 July 2016.
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