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Press Association 2021
Amol Rajan making his debut on the Radio 4 current affairs programme, Today, with fellow presenter Justin Webb
New Today programme presenter Amol Rajan said he had a “full-on panic attack” the night before his debut on the Radio 4 current affairs show.
Rajan, the BBC’s media editor, said he managed only an hour’s sleep before arriving for his first shift on the flagship show at 3.45am, and thanked his wife, colleagues and a few late-night glasses of rum for helping him get through his ordeal.
He tweeted: “10pm last night I had a full-on panic attack. Worked myself up into a frenzy, catastrophising about first shift on @BBCr4today.