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Shortly after the programme started, he criticised Judith Sheindlin, the judge of Judge Judy, for making judgements based on her preconceptions while claiming that he applied the law seriously and made "real legal rulings". [17] Despite this, he insisted that it be clarified on the programme that he is a practising criminal law barrister and not a civil court judge. [18] As such, he wears his normal barrister's court dress but without the barrister's wig. [19] Rinder received praise for his cross-examination abilities and acerbic comments. [16] His courtroom includes a gavel and flag of the United Kingdom, neither of which is used in British courts but are on display in American courts and televised court programmes, and his show has been criticised as " The Jeremy Kyle Show set in a small-claims court". [18] [20] He would go on a day trip to a stately home, for instance, “and think that it was preposterous that I didn’t live there.” He created his own identity, his own voice, with his clipped tones – “I describe myself as being mugged by a Mitford” – and I can picture Rinder as a sophisticated teenage raconteur amid bewildered school friends. “I didn’t suit the condition of childhood at all well,” he says. “I just thought the whole thing was pointless.” He used to enjoy listening to his mum’s friends complain about their difficult relationships, and although he was fairly popular, his best friend at school was the school nurse. Growing up with my incredibly emotionally literate mum has deprived me of a good five chapters of an autobiography The ITV show, Judge Rinder, started in 2014 and he was a TV natural. There were some mild accusations at the time that disadvantaged people were being used for entertainment, but although Rinder could certainly be funny and withering, his fundamental kindness was never far from the surface. “Anybody who thinks [it was exploitative] can’t have watched it. Sometimes, you might laugh at somebody because of the silliness.” He gives the example of a woman suing her dentist: “‘Where did you get your teeth done?’ ‘In my mouth.’ You’re going to laugh, it’s funny.” Many of the cases were family conflicts and relationship breakdowns, and he says he was proud that, for some: “It was the first opportunity they had to be forced to be in a space where they would hear one another.” He wasn’t, he says, “eviscerated” by his fellow barristers “because at the heart of it was the integrity of the legal decision, even if it was a silly case”. a b Foxton, Hannah (2 September 2016). "Interview: Judge Rinder". Cherwell.org . Retrieved 6 September 2016.

Hunt, Julia (14 June 2016). " 'Benedict Cumberbatch made me give up acting because he was so good' admits Judge Rinder". The Mirror . Retrieved 7 September 2016. a b c John, Judge (15 August 2014). "Exclusive interview: Judge Rinder on life as Britain's newest reality TV star". Legal Cheek . Retrieved 6 September 2016.

Battson, Francesca. "Judge Rinder: Everything you need to know". Closer . Retrieved 20 November 2016. This is a book that takes you to the dark heart of the criminal justice system. They are all here - the good, the bad, the innocent and the guilty. I have not enjoyed a legal thriller this much since Grisham's The Firm' Tony Parsons On 14 July 2022, Crime & Investigation UK commissioned the 10-part crime series Rob Rinder’s Interrogation Secrets; presented by Rinder, the series premiered on 4 September 2022. [31] [32] Hogan, Michael (3 September 2016). "Strictly Come Dancing launch: don't rule out Ed 'Disco' Balls's stompy dancing yet – plus 10 more things that happened". The Telegraph . Retrieved 4 September 2016. Rinder was 21 when he came out, “but I was meandering out at university. It wasn’t so much that I was worried about being gay, as much as doing something that would make my mum fearful for me. When I realised I was gay, HIV/Aids was a death sentence, a looming shadow. It was the time of section 28, where this was something dirty and furtive.” Also, he says: “There were so many complexities about disappointing my mum. We were the first divorced family [in her family], there was pressure on her as a single mum. At that time, being gay was cloaked in shame, and I was probably conscious about wanting to make sure my mum wouldn’t experience that.” He had also wanted to marry and have children. “That wasn’t part of the narrative for gay men then.” Accepting his sexuality “required a conscious loss”.

Channel 4 to shed new light on the mystery of the disappeared Princes". channel4.com/press . Retrieved 1 September 2023. Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Judge Rinder wants to host dating show". Entertainment Daily UK. 30 August 2019 . Retrieved 13 September 2019. BBC announces The Holy Land And Us: Our Untold Stories, a brave and emotional new documentary series presented by Sarah Agha and Rob Rinder". www.bbc.com . Retrieved 20 March 2023. BBC Studios announces Rob Rinder as new co-presenter of Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby". BBC Studios . Retrieved 4 November 2022. The only thing that's certain is that this is a trial which will push Adam - and the justice system itself - to the limit . . .Benedict Cumberbatch's best man revealed as Judge Robert Rinder". The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 2015 . Retrieved 8 September 2016. Robert Michael Rinder MBE ( / ˈ r ɪ n d ər/; born 31 May 1978) better known as Judge Rinder, is a British criminal barrister and television personality. [1] In 2014, while still a practising barrister, he began hosting the reality courtroom series Judge Rinder. In 2019, he also began hosting the Channel 4 series The Rob Rinder Verdict.

There’s a moment where you realise that what you’re doing has the most profound value to uphold democracy under the rule of law’ … Rinder on ITV’s Judge Rinder. Photograph: ITV Energetic, warm, laced with humour with a truly inventive mode of murder' Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal Rob Rinder is a barrister turned writer and broadcaster. In 2014, while still a practising barrister, he began starring in his reality court show Judge Rinder, and he now uses his legal knowledge working in the media to make the law more accessible. He is also the author of three books and a columnist for the Sun and the London Evening Standard newspapers. His participation in Who Do You Think You Are? retraced the story of his Holocaust survivor grandfather and received a BAFTA. The BBC series he presented, The Holocaust, My Family and Me, was aired to wide critical acclaim. In 2020, Rob was awarded an MBE for his services to Holocaust education and an honorary doctorate for his legal work. Robert Rinder joins Classic FM to present a new six-part special series". Classic FM . Retrieved 2 August 2021. In August 2023, it was announced that Rinder will co-present with Philippa Langley - The Lost Princes (w/t), an upcoming Channel 4 history documentary. [35] Radio [ edit ]Connelly, Thomas (25 July 2016). "Judge Rinder lifts lid on judicial life in new radio show". Legal Cheek . Retrieved 7 September 2016.