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Rageh Omaar
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  • Combined with his role for Al Jazeera , where he presents a daily documentary strand called Witness, Rageh has recently worked on a number of special programmes for television including writing and presenting a four part series for Channel 4 called Christianity: A History, presenting a Dispatches documentary for Channel 4, Legally Kidnapped. Lost In Care and The Shroud of Turin for BBC2.

     
     

    He rose to prominence in 2003 as the BBC’s 'Man in Baghdad'; his reports from the beleaguered Iraqi capital became a regular feature on news bulletins in the UK and around the world.


    TELEVISION

    Heston Blumenthal
    , Channel 4
    Dispatches:Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth - Channel 4, 2009, Presenter
    Dispatches: "Legally Kidnapped, Lost In Care" - Channel 4, 2009, Presenter
    Christianity - Channel 4, 2009, Presenter
    The Shroud of Turin - BBC2, 2008, Presenter
    Witness - Al Jazeera, on-going, Presenter
    Dispatches – Channel 4, 2008, Presenter
    This Week – BBC1, 2008, Guest
    Britain’s New Underworld - Virgin1, 2007, Presenter
    Abolition Of Slavery - BBC2, 2007, Presenter
    Welcome To Tehran - BBC4, 2007, Presenter
    Dead Sea Scrolls - BBC, 2006, Presenter
    Iraq - The Unknown War - CTVC, 2006, Presenter
    Welcome to Tehran - BBC4, 2006, Presenter
    Question Time - BBC 1, 2006, Guest
    Jonathan Dimbleby - 2006, Guest
    The Real Iraq - Channel 4, 2006, Contributor
    Celebrity Mastermind - BBC, 2006, Celebrity Participant
    Wright Stuff - Channel 5, 2006, Regular Guest
    The Miracles of Jesus – BBC, 2006, Presenter
    Witness – Al Jazeera International, 2006 - Ongoing, Presenter
    The Real Story – BBC1, 2006, Presenter
    7/7: A Test of Faith with Rageh Omaar – ITV 1, 2005, Presenter
    Coping With the Tsunami - ITV1, 2005, Presenter
    BBC News - 1998-Ongoing, Africa Correspondent
    Africa Series – BBC, 2005, Interview with Nelson Mandela
    Panorama: Knives – A Teenage War Zone – BBC, 2005, Presenter
    Everyman: An Islamic History of Europe – BBC, 2005, Presenter
    60 years of the CIA - Sky, 2005, Contributor
    Islamic Journey Through Europe - BBC, 2005, Presenter
    Election Night - BBC, 2005
    100 Greatest War Films - Granada Media, 2005, Contributor
    History of Black Immigration - Channel 4, 2005, Contributor
    The Jonathon Dimbleby Programme – ITV, 2005, Guest
    City Hospital – BBC, 2004, Presenter
    D-Day Commemorative Programmes – 2004, Presenter
    Test the Nation: The 2004 Test – BBC1, 2004, Celebrity Participant
    Richard & Judy – Channel 4, 2004, Guest
    100 Greatest TV Treats - Channel 4, 2003, Contributor
    BBC News – BBC, 1998, Developing World Correspondent
    BBC News – BBC, 1997, Amman Correspondent

    RADIO

    Jeremy Vine Show
    - BBC Radio 2, 2006, Guest
    Good Morning Sunday - BBC Radio 2, 2006, Guest
    Adventures in Poetry - BBC Radio 4, 2005
    Sonia Deol Show - BBC Asian Network, 2005, Guest

    VOICEOVER

    The Imam & The Pastor
    - UN Video, 2006, Narrator
    Banana Republic - Diverse Productions, 2005, Narrator
    A Muslim in the Family - BBC1, 2004, Narrator