Adil Ray

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Adil Ray (born April 26, 1974) is a British radio and television presenter born in Birmingham in England of Kenyan Pakistani parents.

[edit] Adil Ray's Background

Adil Ray began his career as a radio host on a pirate radio station while studying at the University of Huddersfield and DJing at the university venue Black Hole. Later, during his placement year, he landed a job with a new small asian radio station in Birmingham where he spent the first half of the year, before moving on to Choice FM. When his placement year was up, Choice FM offered Adil a full time position, which he turned down in favour of completing his degree in Marketing. However, an arrangement was reached and he continued hosting for Choice FM on Weekends. After graduating in 1997, Adil landed a spot with Galaxy 105, a job that was a particular coup since it made him the first full time British South Asian presenter to host a mainstream Commercial Radio Show in the UK. Adil stayed with Galaxy 105 for 2 years. After spells with Century Radio in Manchester, Aire FM Leeds and Ministry of Sound Radio he joined the BBC to front the digital launch of the Asian Network.

[edit] Adil Ray on the BBC

In 2002, Adil joined the BBC Asian Network as a presenter to present the late night Adil Ray Show from 22:00 to 12:30 on Weekdays, a new innovative format which exposed new unsigned music talent yet chose not to take all things to seriously. With a mix of comedy and huge audience interaction the show became a launch pad for numerous artists whilst having mass appeal. In May 2006 Adil took over the drivetime slot (16:00 to 19:00) and now focuses more on Current Affairs combined with music and BritAsian comedy.

He also co-presents Desi DNA on BBC TWO and has also hosted the BBC 4 programme Tales from Europe. Adil will soon be seen hosting one of the much raved about Mischief shows for BBC THREE