Amol Rajan

Amol Rajan

Birth : 1983-07-04, Kolkata, India

History

Amol Rajan is the BBC's Media Editor, having taken up the role in December 2016. Rajan was formerly editor of The Independent newspaper from June 2013.

Profile

Amol Rajan

Movies

Amol Rajan Interviews Greta Thunberg
Interviewer
Amol Rajan talks to 19-year old Greta Thunberg, the climate activist who has become the unlikely voice of a global youth. Thunberg isn't a politician or a scientist, nor is she the first to campaign against climate change. However, since overcoming severe childhood depression to focus the world's attention on the plight of the planet, the Swedish student has become symbol for a generation which - as she puts it - is not being listened to by older people who won't suffer the consequences. In a challenging and wide-ranging conversation, Rajan discusses with Thunberg her latest book and interrogates some of the solutions it posits to tackle climate change. They explore green policy, climate justice, greenwashing and the role of both politics and protest in effecting change. Thunberg also shares the personal cost she has paid in being a global game-changer and offers a rare insight into the real Greta Thunberg.
Bob Iger: Making the Mouse Roar
Himself
In his only UK broadcast interview, Disney’s chief executive Bob Iger talks to the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan about his ride of a lifetime. From Star Wars to the streaming wars, and from negotiating with Rupert Murdoch to buy 21st Century Fox, to how his close friendship with Apple’s Steve Jobs came about, the most powerful man in Hollywood explains the trends shaping global media.
How to Break into the Elite
Self - Presenter
Amol Rajan investigates how much class still matters in Britain’s elite professions. What does it take for bright working-class youngsters to break into the elite?