Rob Rinder is a practising criminal barrister, a broadcaster and Sunday Times best-selling author. Called to the bar in 2001, Rob went on to specialise in cases involving international fraud, money laundering and other forms of financial crime, while working in media to make law more accessible. He started his broadcast career with Judge Rinder for ITV before going on to host his own BBC 5Live series Raising the Bar.
Featuring in Who Do You Think You Are?, Rob's story resulted in creating the documentary My Family, the Holocaust and Me. A regular host on ITV's Good Morning Britain, Rob co-hosts BBC Two's Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby and has recently filmed a new travel show, The Grand Tour, which will see Rob and his co-host Rylan retrace the footsteps of cultural greats around Italy. Shedding light on the unsolved mystery of what happened to the Princes in the Tower during Richard III's reign for a Channel 4 documentary in 2023, Rob's filmed a new show for the channel exploring the history of prisons which will come to our screens later this year.
In 2020, Rob was awarded an MBE for his services to Holocaust education and an honorary doctorate for his legal work. The Trial was Rob's number one bestselling debut novel and The Suspect is the much anticipated follow-up. Both novels are inspired by Rob's own experiences as a barrister.
Featuring in Who Do You Think You Are?, Rob's story resulted in creating the documentary My Family, the Holocaust and Me. A regular host on ITV's Good Morning Britain, Rob co-hosts BBC Two's Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby and has recently filmed a new travel show, The Grand Tour, which will see Rob and his co-host Rylan retrace the footsteps of cultural greats around Italy. Shedding light on the unsolved mystery of what happened to the Princes in the Tower during Richard III's reign for a Channel 4 documentary in 2023, Rob's filmed a new show for the channel exploring the history of prisons which will come to our screens later this year.
In 2020, Rob was awarded an MBE for his services to Holocaust education and an honorary doctorate for his legal work. The Trial was Rob's number one bestselling debut novel and The Suspect is the much anticipated follow-up. Both novels are inspired by Rob's own experiences as a barrister.
