Rajesh Mirchandani is currently the presenter of Backstage, Sundays on Radio 1, and has been for the past three years. In his busy schedule he also presents the 5 Live Report on Radio 5 Live. He will also be popping up on occasion all over the world for the Holiday programme.

We’ve stolen him to help with All Night Star Party on BBC2. Making a one-night move from pop stars to real stars, Rajesh is the roaming reporter in the Jodrell Bank visitor’s centre.

Rajesh has had ten years' experience in the media, a hugely varied career, encompassing Newsnight, Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Tomorrow's World and Glastonbury.

He’s made TV and radio programmes around Asian issues, the ground-breaking Café 21 debate show for Asian youth, Not Welcome in Clubland, a radio documentary on racism in clubs for Radio 1, and East, a BBC2 documentary about young Asians on heroin.

The mix of music and culture has peppered his career. In 1999 he was the presenter of Talvin Singh Profile, part of BBC Choice Asian Funk Weekend. In 2000 he was the narrator of Made in Britain, a series of programmes based around London Fashion Week, and even presented Working in Education, a six-part series for BBC TWO’s Learning Zone.