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University Challenge presenter Amol Rajan has admitted he is considering relocating his family to India because of the "big problems" England is facing. The 42-year-old broadcaster, who was born in the heart of Calcutta, said he was "very worried" about Britain because it is no longer a place "where history is being made". Meanwhile, the dad-of-four said India was "exciting and energetic in a way that Britain doesn't always feel" and planned to take them there when they are old enough so they can decide if they would like to relocate.

The BBC presenter, who married academic Charlotte Faircloth in 2013, is also the host of Radio 4's Today programme. However, he is set to leave the radio show in September to start his own company and "jump into the great digital Narnia of the creator economy."

During an appearance on Gyles Brandreth's podcast Rosebud on Friday (April 10), he explained: "I can't tell you how much I love my country, but which I mean England, but I'm very worried about it. I think we've got some big, big problems that need addressing, and one of the things is whether this is the best place for my four kids to grow up.

"My answer is that it is. But I would say specifically that I'm not sure whether it's still a place where history is being made. In the 1960s and 70s, England was where history was being made.

"It had the extraordinary cultural effusion, the demographic dividend of the baby boomer years, relative peace." Rajan has been very vocal about his Indian roots throughout his career.

Just last year, he fronted his own travel show, Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges. The series followed the presenter on the popular pilgrimage in India, where he explored whether or not faith could help him come to terms with the loss of his father.

Now, 12 months later, the TV star has stated that he is open to leaving the UK behind to move to India, where the country can mould his children's upbringings too.

The former Independent editor went on: "India is definitely somewhere where history is being made. India is a young country, with 1.4 billion people; it adds one million people to the workforce every single month.

"It's extraordinarily exciting and energetic in a way that Britain, at the moment, doesn't feel." In regard to his children, Rajan said he's "like them to experience India and then make up their own mind."

"I want it to be their decision," he added. "My youngest is two, and when she's a bit older, and the long-haul flights are a bit less perilous, I would like to go to India frequently and invite my children to fall in love with civilisation that's in their blood."