# Rangan Chatterjee

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**Rangan Chatterjee** is a British physician, author, television presenter and podcaster. He is best known for his TV show *Doctor in the House* and for being the resident doctor on *[BBC Breakfast](/source/BBC_Breakfast)* and as a regular contributor to [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio).[1]

## Early life

Chatterjee's Bengali father,[2] Tarun Chatterjee, came to England from [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata), India in the 1960s and was a consultant in genito-urinary medicine at [Manchester Royal Infirmary](/source/Manchester_Royal_Infirmary).[3] Chatterjee was a pupil at [Manchester Grammar School](/source/Manchester_Grammar_School) from 1988 to 1995; then he attended the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh), where he studied Medicine and graduated in 2001 with an additional degree in immunology.[4]

## Career

Chatterjee hosts the podcast "Feel Better, Live More," and has appeared on [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio) as a regular commentator.[5] In 2017 he came 8th in the *[Pulse](/source/Pulse_(magazine))* Power 50 list of influential GPs.[6]

In 2017, Chatterjee appeared as a presenter on the [BBC One](/source/BBC_One) television series [*Holding Back the Years*](/source/Holding_Back_the_Years_(TV_series)).[7]

Chatterjee is no longer a licensed practising doctor in the UK, as of 24th March 2024. [8]

## Books

- *The 4 Pillar Plan* published on 28 December 2017[9]
- *How to Make Disease Disappear* published on 11 May 2018
- *The Stress Solution* published on 27 December 2018[10]
- *Feel Better in 5* published on 18 December 2019[\[1\]](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feel-Better-Your-Daily-Great/dp/0241397804/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=rangan+chatterjee&qid=1578347167&sprefix=rangan+ch&sr=8-1)
- *Feel Great Lose Weight* published on 31 December 2020
- *Happy Mind, Happy Life: 10 Simple Ways to Feel Great Every Day* published on 22 February 2022
- *Make Change That Lasts: 9 Simple Ways to Break Free from the Habits That Hold You Back* published on 12 January 2025

## Family

Chatterjee is married to Vidhaata, a barrister.[11]

## References

1. Lambert, Victoria (June 2017). ["The Resident doctor on BBC One's Breakfast Show."](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/bbcs-dr-chatterjee-my-babys-illness-changed-the-way-i-work/). *The Telegraph*

1. Paul, Mathures (8 January 2023). ["5 minutes daily will transform your lifestyle, says Bengali doctor who Europe loves"](https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/my-kolkata/people/britains-best-loved-doctor-rangan-chatterjee-on-how-to-live-better-by-investing-five-minutes-daily/cid/1908556). *Telegraph India*. Retrieved 3 August 2025.

1. ["Dr. Rangan's father"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180624232811/https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/doc-with-city-roots-a-star-author-in-britain-198217). *telegraphindia.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/doc-with-city-roots-a-star-author-in-britain-198217) on 24 June 2018.

1. ["The Manchester Grammar School"](http://www.mgslife.org/story/7106c87c0a). *www.mgslife.org*

1. ["Rangan Chatterjee"](https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/131232/rangan-chatterjee). *www.penguin.co.uk*. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

1. ["8th in the Pulse Power 50 list for influential GPs in 2017"](http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/hot-topics/power-50-2017/dr-rangan-chatterjee/20035010.article). *pulsetoday.co.uk*. 5 February 2018.

1. ["Holding Back the Years"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l66cx). [BBC](/source/BBC). 2017.

1. ["Rangan CHATTERJEE"](https://www.gmc-uk.org/registrants/6024527). GMC. 2025.

1. ["The 4 Pillar Plan"](https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/rangan-chatterjee/131232/). *penguin.co.uk*

1. *The Stress Solution Release date*. ASIN 0241317940.

1. [Relative Values: the BBC’s Dr Rangan Chatterjee and his wife, Vidhaata](https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/relative-values-the-bbcs-dr-rangan-chatterjee-and-his-wife-vidhaata-qpmgwrpgq) *thetimes.co.uk*. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

## External links

- [Official website](https://drchatterjee.com/)
- [Rangan Chatterjee](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7873241/) at IMDb

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