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Ranvir Singh has revealed the depths of her emotional reaction after being told she was to be axed by ITV. The mum-of-one, who had risked it all by moving from rivals BBC, was left sitting in a park in floods of tears with her toddler shortly after hearing she was not wanted by the channel.
Speaking on the Sliding Doors podcast, she told host Jennie Becker about the moment she thought he had thrown it all away. The 45-year-old had been working in one of the Beeb's regional newsrooms but had aspirations to go national.Ranvir said: "I had a very secure job with BBC job with a pension and everything. I got headhunted to go to ITV. So I give up this whole secure life at the BBC and my friends and my life in Manchester to move to London, essentially, for a contract.
But just over a year after her move, she was told she was surplus to requirements, leaving her worrying for her career and her future. Ravir said: "I'm there, 15 months into the job. The programme gets a whole rebrand and I'm not a part of their plans. I found out at 10 o'clock in the morning and by 10.30am and email had gone out."
Following the phone call, she began emailing the editor of ITV News, Geoff Hill, and things soon changed. He told the journalist her career had "plateaued" which Ranvir rejected and explained her broadcasting career can only go one way - and that is up.
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