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= Dr Samir Shah CBE = Dr Samir Shah, CBE (born 29 January 1952) is a British television and radio executive. He has worked for LWT, the BBC and is the Chief Executive of UK based Juniper, a Bafta nominated and RTS award winning Independent Television & Radio production company.

Broadcasting
Samir Shah joined London Weekend Television in 1979. In 1987, he was appointed BBC’s head of television current affairs and, from 1994 to 1998, ran the BBC’s political journalism. At the BBC Shah was responsible for many critically-acclaimed programmes including the landmark series, The Thatcher Years. Since 1998, Shah has owned and run Juniper. Its award winning programmes have been broadcast on the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, Discovery, TLC, Netflix. Television programmes include The Great Plague (2001), Invitation to a Hanging (2003), Bare Knuckle Boxer (2003), The Qur’an (2008) , Iraq the reckoning (2005) , Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success (2019) , The Jesus Mysteries (2014) , Theresa Vs Boris (2017) , This Week (2003-2019). Radio programmes include Feedback (2018-), Small Island or Global Britain (2021) , Hidden History of the (Mantelpiece, Corridor, Window, Staircase)(2017-) , Secret History of School(2019).

The Guardian on 27 June 2008 referred to Shah as “one of the most successful figures in modern British broadcasting”.

Early Life and Education
Samir Shah was born in Aurangabad, India. He moved to England in 1960 and attended Latymer Upper School in West London. He has a Geography degree from Hull University and a Doctorate from Oxford University (St Catherine’s College).

Boards and Appointments
Arts and Heritage: Deputy Chair (2012-2014) & Trustee (2005-2014) of the V&A ; Chair of the Museum of the  Home (2014-) ; member of the Cultural Recovery Board (2020-2021) ; and of the Heritage Advisory Board (2020).

Media: Non-Executive Director of the BBC Board (2007-2010) ; member of the Future of public service broadcasting (2021) ; on the RTS Journalism Awards Committee, (2015 – 2017); Board member, BAFTA; Chair of One World Media (2019 -)

Multicultural: Commissioner on Government Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities ; Chair of the Runnymede Trust (1999-2009 ); Member, PM’s Holocaust Commission (2014 – 2015).

Academic: 2019 Visiting Professor of Creative Media, Oxford University (Faculty of English), 2006 - 2017 Special Professor, University of Nottingham

Honours
1999 -            OBE for services to Equal opportunities in Broadcasting

2002   -            Elected Fellow of the Royal Television Society

2019 -             CBE for services to heritage and television