Rob Rinder MBE

Rob Rinder is a criminal barrister turned broadcaster, media personality and Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author.

After being called to the bar in 2001, Rob specialised in financial crime, including money laundering, international fraud and regulatory issues.

He was involved in prosecutions following the murders of Leticia Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis in January 2003, and the defence of British servicemen on charges of manslaughter after the deaths of detainees in Iraq. Since 2010, he has been involved in the investigation and prosecution of alleged bribery, corruption, and fraud in the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Rob’s broadcast career began with ITV’s huge daytime hit Judge Rinder, which he presided over for seven series.

Alongside Judge Rinder, Rob has also presented shows including Judge Rinder's Crime Stories, a look at some of Britain’s less well-known but nevertheless gripping crimes, and a revamped version of Crown Court, titled Judge Rinder's Crown Court, after a 30-year hiatus from ITV.

Rob is a regular host on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, and co-hosts Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby and Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour for BBC Two.

In 2024 Rob also presented Channel 4’s Britain Behind Bars: A Secret History and The Princes in The Tower: The New Evidence.

Rob’s participation in BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are?, in which he retraced the story of his Holocaust survivor grandfather, was critically acclaimed leading to a BAFTA win and subsequent documentary series My Family, the Holocaust and Me and The Holy Land and Us.

In 2024, Rob became a Sunday Times bestselling author with his novel The Trial and the subsequent The Suspect, inspired by his experiences as a barrister.

In 2020 Rob was awarded an MBE for his services to Holocaust education and an honorary doctorate for his legal work.

In 2024 Rob received a Doctor of Literature from University College London for writing, teaching and advocacy in social equality and Holocaust education.

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