Member Profile
Ashanti Omkar
- Primary Outlet:
- BBC Sounds
- Additional Outlets:
- C5 News, Monocle Radio, Times Radio, Sky News, ITV, TimeOut, The Big Issue
- Website:
- https://linktr.ee/ashantiomkar
- X (formerly Twitter):
- @ ashantiomkar
- Biography:
- Ashanti Omkar is a freelance film, TV, and streaming services critic, commentator and broadcaster, based in Greenwich, London. She is regularly heard on the BBC Sounds in the UK and globally, and on Times Radio and Monocle radio, and is seen on BBC TV in the UK and globally plus ITV, Channel 5 News and Sky News in the UK. She also contributes to TimeOut London and The Big Issue. She is a full BAFTA member and sits on various film, TV, media and cinema industry juries, and is a the cultural curator for the London Action Festival, helming the first Women In Action panel in 2023 at The legendary Science Museum in London. She is also a media industry influencer with 70K followers across her social media, and regularly attends film festivals, red carpet premieres and TV events and experiences in the UK