Shefali Oza

Shefali Oza (born 24 September 1967) is an Indian TV personality and the main weather presenter on BBC Birmingham's Midlands Today, the regional news programme broadcast in the Midlands of England, but also carries out some news presentation work. She began her career with the team as Midlands Today's first ever weather presenter in January 1993.

Shefali Oza
Born (1967-09-24) 24 September 1967
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationWeather presenter
Years active1993–present
Spouse(s)Jamie Knights (divorced)

Career

Oza is said to have been "discovered at an audition day" which had been organised by the BBC's Multi-Cultural Programmes Unit, who were actually in search of new faces for Network East.

Oza was one of the first frequent Asian faces on television in the region. Since joining Midlands Today in 1993 her role has included producing weather-related news and community features. One of her reports was as a result of becoming the first female civilian to spend a week on the Royal Navy submarine HMS Splendid. She was awarded an Honorary Masters from University College Worcester in recognition of her achievements in broadcasting.

Along with weather reporting and news presenting, Oza has fronted regional contributions to the BBC's live national programming and campaigns such as Children in Need.

Personal life

Oza's father is a GP based in Nottingham. Before beginning her media career, she trained as a solicitor.

During her time on Midlands Today, Oza met her husband Jamie Knights, who worked as her cameraman. Their wedding ceremony was featured on the news programme. The couple divorced two years later.[1]

She currently resides in the Birmingham suburb of Moseley.[2]

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gollark: People assume quantum computers are magic do-anything boxes, that regular computers "can't be random", that AI is "incapable of creativity" or might randomly become "conscious"/"sentient"/humanlike and rebel, etc.
gollark: Perhaps people just don't actually care much about accurate beliefs in subjects they don't personally use much, and vaguely assume that whatever they know about those things is right enough to discuss politics and whatever.
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References
  1. "Cold front for Shefali's marriage.]". Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ""My Birmingham life off camera" Interview with BBC presenter Shefali Oza". Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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