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class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Aasmah Saira Mir</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1971-10-07</span>) </span>7 October 1971<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 53)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">British</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Broadcaster, journalist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1995–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Piara Powar (2007⁠–⁠2021)<sup id="cite_ref-thetimes.co.uk_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thetimes.co.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Aasmah Saira Mir</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl">عاصمہ سائرہ میر</span>; born 7 October 1971) is a Scottish television and radio broadcaster and journalist who co-presents the Monday-Thursday breakfast programme on <a href="/wiki/Times_Radio" title="Times Radio">Times Radio</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasmah_Mir&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mir was born in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> to first-generation Pakistani immigrants on 7 October 1971<sup id="cite_ref-NotHome_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NotHome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and brought up in the affluent suburb of <a href="/wiki/Bearsden" title="Bearsden">Bearsden</a> from the age of ten, where she attended <a href="/wiki/Bearsden_Academy" title="Bearsden Academy">Bearsden Academy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Duels_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duels-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-athome_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-athome-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bristol" title="University of Bristol">University of Bristol</a> with an honours law degree in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCBio_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCBio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Journalism">Journalism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasmah_Mir&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Journalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1995 Mir had a brief stint as a reporter for the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Record_(Scotland)" title="Daily Record (Scotland)">Daily Record</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Mail_(Scotland)" title="Sunday Mail (Scotland)">Sunday Mail</a></i>, then became a radio researcher. In 2005 and 2006 she was a columnist for the <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Herald" title="Sunday Herald">Sunday Herald</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCBio_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCBio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting_career">Broadcasting career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasmah_Mir&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Broadcasting career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasmah_Mir&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mir, whose sister Uzma was already working for BBC Scotland, first appeared in an episode of a 1992 BBC Scotland show called <i>The Insiders</i> presented by <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Kennedy_(actor)" title="Gordon Kennedy (actor)">Gordon Kennedy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NotHome_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NotHome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduation she joined <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Television" title="Scottish Television">Scottish Television</a> aged 21 as a trainee and read the early morning news bulletins<sup id="cite_ref-NotHome_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NotHome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later presented the main news show.<sup id="cite_ref-NotHome_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NotHome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She presented a couple of editions of an Asian documentary strand for <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> called <i>East</i><sup id="cite_ref-BBCBio_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCBio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1996 and some items on <i><a href="/wiki/Desi_DNA" title="Desi DNA">Desi DNA</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCBio_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCBio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998 she became a reporter for <a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">Central Television</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>. </p><p>Mir also presented episodes <i>Just Write</i> on Channel 4 and <i>Around Scotland</i> on BBC Two.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCBio_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCBio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010 she was a newspaper reviewer on <i><a href="/wiki/GMTV_with_Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="GMTV with Lorraine">GMTV with Lorraine</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_(TV_programme)" title="Lorraine (TV programme)">Lorraine</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Duels_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Duels-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasmah_Mir&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999 Mir moved to London as a producer for <a href="/wiki/BBC_GLR" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC GLR">BBC Radio London</a> and started doing freelance news-reading shifts for the national radio station <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a>. She joined the station full-time in July 2001. </p><p>In April 2006 she covered the weekday morning phone-in programme on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network" title="BBC Asian Network">BBC Asian Network</a> for a fortnight between <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Deol" title="Sonia Deol">Sonia Deol</a> leaving and <a href="/wiki/Anita_Rani" title="Anita Rani">Anita Rani</a> becoming presenter. She has presented items on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network_%E2%80%93_Special_News_Reports" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Asian Network – Special News Reports">BBC Asian Network Report</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCBio_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCBio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mir presented the <i>Midday News</i> on 5 Live, Monday to Friday, until 9 January 2009. In 2009 she presented some Friday editions of <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_Scotland" title="Good Morning Scotland">Good Morning Scotland</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NotHome_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NotHome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2009 she presented a series of programmes for <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> on <a href="/wiki/Homecoming_Scotland_2009" title="Homecoming Scotland 2009">Scotland's Year of Homecoming</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NotHome_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NotHome-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <i>Colour Me White</i> for Radio 4, and <i>Gay Life After Saddam</i> for Radio 5 Live. In 2010 she replaced <a href="/wiki/Anita_Anand_(journalist)" title="Anita Anand (journalist)">Anita Anand</a> as a presenter of Radio 5 Live's <i>Drive</i> programme. For one week in March 2012 she sat in for <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Vine" title="Jeremy Vine">Jeremy Vine</a> on his <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> programme. </p><p>On 27 September 2012 Mir announced on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> she was leaving 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 an edition of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Woman%27s_Hour" title="Woman's Hour">Woman's Hour</a></i> and for a while replaced <a href="/wiki/Julia_Hartley-Brewer" title="Julia Hartley-Brewer">Julia Hartley-Brewer</a> on the <a href="/wiki/LBC_97.3" class="mw-redirect" title="LBC 97.3">LBC 97.3</a> afternoon programme. </p><p>From 2012 to 2020 she was a copresenter of BBC Radio 4's <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Live_(radio_series)" title="Saturday Live (radio series)">Saturday Live</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2020 she was announced as a presenter for <a href="/wiki/Times_Radio" title="Times Radio">Times Radio</a> when the station launched on 29 June 2020. She copresents Monday to Thursday breakfast with <a href="/wiki/Stig_Abell" title="Stig Abell">Stig Abell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2024 she announced she was to leave <i>Times Radio Breakfast</i> in January 2025. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasmah_Mir&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, she released her <a href="/wiki/Memoir" title="Memoir">memoir</a> <i>A Pebble in the Throat</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasmah_Mir&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mir is a fan of <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic F.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-powar_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powar-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was married to Piara Powar, the executive director of <a href="/wiki/Football_Against_Racism_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Against Racism in Europe">Football Against Racism in Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-powar_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-powar-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She gave birth to a daughter at the age of 43. In 2021 Mir divorced Powar, stating that "this was my decision so I cannot wallow for too long".<sup id="cite_ref-thetimes.co.uk_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thetimes.co.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aasmah_Mir&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615185814/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6926797.ece">Aasmah Mir: Scotland’s not my home any more</a> Times Online, 22 November 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/starting-new-christmas-traditions">"5 Writers on Starting New Festive Traditions This Christmas"</a>. <i>British Vogue</i>. 5 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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