Nihal Arthanayake is a Broadcaster
Hosted BBC Radio 5 Live’s Afternoon Show: Nihal Arthanayake for 8 years. Nihal now front’s a new BBC 5Live Sunday show ‘Headliners’ with unrivalled long form interviews into the worlds of art, books, sport, music, film, and TV; also available on BBC Sounds.
Former presenter of the hugely successful Penguin Podcast. Nihal performed children’s favourite fairy tales and folk tales for CBeebies’ Journey through Musical Storyland series.
Won Interview of the Year at the 2019 BBC Radio & Music Awards
TV appearances including MasterChef, Portrait Artist of the Year, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Celebrity Mastermind and The Jeremy Vine Show.
Trustee of Home, in Manchester, and an Ambassador for the British Asian Trust.
Author of Let’s Talk: How to Have Better Conversations, published in 2022.
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From Radio 1 to 5Live, Nihal is one of the most respected Radio Broadcasters of his generation.
Award winning Interviewer Nihal pivots on a daily basis from topical news stories to in-depth interviews.
