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Q: What's your name?

A: Jitesh Parmar

Q: From?

A: Leicester

Q: Star Sign?

A: Aries

Q: Joined the Beeb in?

A: 2007

Q: What has your career involved so far?

A: I started working at the BBC Asian Network and found myself football reporting on their sports show. I was covering Premier League football for a whole season! The hospitality at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium was out of this world and having Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream at half time was surreal. I am now football reporting for BBC Radio Manchester as well as reading sport bulletins at BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.

Q: What does your job involve?

A: I compile and read the bulletins on air and write stories for the BBC Sport website.

Q: What's your favourite place in Coventry and Warwickshire?

A: When I'm not in the Green Studio it has to be Stratford!

Q: Who's your favourite person?

A: At the moment, I would say me!

Q: What's your favourite hobby?

A: Too many sports from badminton to football!

Q: Your favourite food?

A: Italian or Spanish

Q: Your favourite drink?

A: Water without a doubt!

Q: Favourite song?

A: At the present time, anything from an artist called Ryan Leslie

Q: Favourite film?

A: I don’t really have a favourite film but if you ask me about books, I would say Danny Wallace - Friends Like These or Ronnie O’Sullivan’s autobiography.

Q: Give us a fascinating fact about yourself:

A: When I was younger, I used to play tennis on the amateur circuit and in one tournament, I was one round away from playing Arvind Parmar (Ex British Tennis player), but I lost in the Quarter Finals.... That was the time to walk away from the sport!