Background
Tanya was born in Bristol, and grew up in London.
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Tanya Datta
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Tanya studied English at Wadham College Oxford University graduating with a first class degree in 1994.
Career
In 2000, Tanya joined the British Broadcasting Corporation where she spent seven years on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s award-winning foreign affairs series, Crossing Continents. She has also reported for Channel Four, BBC2 and the World Service. Tanya made her television debut in 2004, where she investigated claims of sexual abuse and murder against one of India"s most powerful Godmen, Sai Baba in a programme for BBC2 entitled "The Secret Swami".
In 2009, she reported in the Explore series on BBC2 uncovering "Argentina"s Dirty War" where she was had a detailed look into the lives of families torn apart by the Perón government"s sponsored "disappearances" of suspected communists.
Tanya worked for seven years on the award winning foreign affairs British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4 strand Crossing Continentsproducing and presenting programmes from around the world. She also worked on the documentary The Last Taboo looking into inter-racial relationships between the Asian and African-Caribbean communities which sparked a cross-media debate.
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