The BBC’s Ros Atkins: ‘I do a bit of body-boarding… posting videos is like catching a wave’
by Michael Hogan from World news | The Guardian on (#5TJHN)
The journalist behind those explainer' videos on seeing his No 10 Christmas party video go viral, being a drum'n'bass DJ and wearing an awful lot' of blue
Ros Atkins, 47, grew up in Cornwall and the Caribbean before reading history at Cambridge. His BBC career began on Radio 5 Live shortly after 9/11. He now presents Outside Source on the BBC News Channel and recently went viral for his explainer" videos, broadcast on BBC Breakfast and posted online. He lives in south London with his wife and two daughters.
How are you finding newfound fame?
Well, I've neither been mobbed nor chased down the street, but it's always pleasant if people pay attention to what you do.