Aasmah Mir
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Aasmah Mir (born 7 October 1971) is a BBC presenter.
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Early life [edit]
Mir was born to first-generation Pakistani immigrants[1] and brought up in the middle class suburb of Bearsden, near Glasgow.[2] She graduated from the University of Bristol with an honours law degree in 1993.[3]
Journalism [edit]
In 1995 Mir had a brief stint as a reporter for the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, then became a radio researcher. In 2005 and 2006 she was a columnist for the Sunday Herald.[3]
Broadcasting career [edit]
Television [edit]
Mir began her career in broadcasting in 1992 appearing on a BBC TV programme called The Insiders with Gordon Kennedy.[1] After graduation she joined Scottish Television aged 21 as a trainee and read the early morning news bulletins,[1] and presented the main news show.[1]
She presented a couple of editions of the documentary strand for BBC Two called East[3] in 1996 and some items on Desi DNA.[3] In 1998 she became a reporter for Central TV in Nottingham.
Mir has also presented Just Write on Channel 4 and Around Scotland on BBC Two.[3] In 2010 she became a newspaper reviewer on GMTV with Lorraine and Lorraine.[2]
Radio [edit]
Mir presented ethnic programmes on BBC Radio Scotland for two years from 1996. In 1999, she moved to London as a producer for BBC Radio London and started doing freelance news-reading shifts for the national radio station BBC Radio 5 Live. She joined the station full-time in July 2001.
In April 2006 she covered the weekday morning phone in programme on BBC Asian Network for a fortnight when Sonia Deol left the programme, and before Anita Rani became presenter. She has presented items on the BBC Asian Network Report.[3]
Mir presented the Midday News on 5 Live, Monday to Friday, until 9 January 2009. She joined BBC Scotland in April 2009 as a presenter of the Friday edition of Good Morning Scotland.[1] Also in 2009 she presented a series of programmes for BBC Radio 4 on Scotland's Year of Homecoming,[1][4] as well as Colour Me White for Radio 4, and Gay Life After Saddam for Radio 5 Live. In 2010 she replaced Anita Anand as a presenter of Radio 5 Live's Drive programme. In March 2012, for one week, she sat in for Jeremy Vine on his BBC Radio 2 programme.
On 27 September 2012 Mir announced on Twitter that she planned to leave BBC 5 Live, after 11 years with the station. Mir presented her last 5 Live Drive on 9 November 2012.
On 29 October 2012 Mir presented BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour.
On 2 April 2013 Mir presented LBC 97.3 Afternoon Show for Julia Hartley-Brewer.
On 3 April 2013 Mir Presented LBC_97.3 LBC 97.3 Afternoon show for Julia Hartley-Brewer.
Personal life [edit]
Mir is married to Piara Powar, the executive director of Football Against Racism in Europe. Mir is an avid fan of Celtic.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Aasmah Mir: Scotland’s not my home any more Times Online, 22 November 2009
- ^ a b Barry, Maggie (31 October 2010). "Scots drivetime BBC radio host on fighting talk fuelling on-air duels". Sunday Mail. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2013 (archived URL).
- ^ a b c d e f Aasmah Mir Biography BBC Press Office, May 2010
- ^ A Very Scottish Homecoming Radio Listings, November 2009
External sources [edit]
- Aasmah Mir Sunday Herald, 7 August 2005
- Asian Network Reports Special BBC Asian Network - Documentary presented by Mir on Asian Network Report
