A quiet (so far) exit this week for yet another very experienced presenter. Ritula Shah, 57 (Haberdashers' Elstree and University of Warwick) hosts her last few editions of The World Tonight.
Her radio interest started on student station W693, which she parlayed into a two-year Production Traineeship at the BBC. She joined Today in 1991 as a researcher (I was an Assistant Editor) and stayed eight years, rising to output editor. Then came a move to the other side of the mike with the revamped World Today at the World Service. Side gigs came in - Saturday PM, Woman's Hour and a long run with Any Questions ? She became a World Tonight regular from 2008, and lead presenter from 2013.
Ritula tolerated appalling pronunciations of her name at Today, and even now she is one of the few who approach the soft 'T' with confidence on air.
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