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| Born | Farhana Tasmin Lucia Khan London, United Kingdom |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Presenter, Producer |
| Notable credit(s) | Zee TV, Channel 5, BBC News, ITV Breakfast |
Tasmin Lucia Khan is a British journalist and news presenter for ITV breakfast show Daybreak. She also presents a news bulletin for the Lorraine programme on ITV. She was formerly the face of BBC Three's hourly news bulletins, 60 Seconds, and presented E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News. She joined Daybreak in September 2010, delivering news bulletins and breaking stories.
Early life
Born Farhana Tasmin Lucia Khan in London, Khan is of Bengali descent. After studying Maths, Economics and Latin A-levels, Khan graduated from the University of Oxford with an Honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
Broadcasting career
Khan started her career in 1999 at Zee TV Network, as an entertainment presenter and news reporter. She then hosted her own talk show interviewing celebrities from music and film, sports and politics. In 2001, she interviewed Bill Clinton, a few months after he stepped down as US President.
She worked for a short period as a radio presenter for the BBC Asian Network, covering programmes like the Breakfast Show, Drive Time and The Album Chart. She was on air when news of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami broke on Boxing Day in December 2004.
She then worked for the Asian channel, PTV Prime, as the London correspondent, where she reported the UK's big news stories to a worldwide audience including the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the Ipswich serial murders in 2006.
Khan presented and produced her own sports show on Channel 5 for three years, until she landed the opportunity to present on BBC News and BBC Three. One of her mentors is Kevin Bakhurst, who was the Editor of the Ten O’Clock News on BBC, and is now the Controller of the BBC News Channel. Bakhurst and Danny Cohen, controller of BBC Three, offered Khan the job to present the news bulletins on 60 Seconds on BBC Three, and front E24 on BBC News.
She has covered some of the biggest showbiz news stories for the BBC, including the deaths of Michael Jackson, US actor Heath Ledger, and British fashion designer Alexander McQueen. She also covered the McCartney/Mills divorce and the Oscars three years in a row.
In September 2010 Khan joined newly-launched ITV Breakfast programmes Daybreak and Lorraine as news presenter.
Other Activities
Khan hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games 'Queens Baton Relay' at Buckingham Palace, where she asked Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the President of India, to launch the baton on its journey to Delhi for the 2010 Games.
Khan has hosted the annual BCA Awards ceremony in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the Scottish Asian Business Awards in Glasgow in 2008 and 2009; and presented the Basis Soft Expo 2009 and an HIV/AIDS Conference in 2009, both in Dhaka.
In May-June 2009, Khan was part of a delegation to Bangladesh, organised by the British Government's Foreign Office as part of their Counter Terrorism strategy.
Awards
Khan was nominated for the Young Achiever of the Year honour at the Asian Woman Awards for Excellence in 2008.
In 2009, Khan was named as the 28th Sexiest Asian Woman in the world.
References
- Tasmin Lucia Khan ITV Daybreak
- ^ New faces and look for BBC Three's 60seconds BBC Press Office 8 February 2008
- BBC Three newsreader Tasmin Lucia Khan in breathless broadcast mystery Daily Telegraph, 19 January 2009
- Tasmin Lucia Khan and Andy May For BBC Three’s 60Seconds Unreality Primetime, 8 February 2009
- Tasmin Lucia Khan set to join new ITV breakfast show Daybreak Mirror, 4 August 2010
- Finalists 2008 Asian Woman Award, Retrieved 9 May 2009
- "Tasmin Lucia Khan". Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- Tasmin Mela UK, Retrieved 25 June 2009
- Smaart Talent 6.1 Smaart Mags
- Mela Magazine Mela UK 2008 (p.8), Retrieved 25 June 2009
- Sophie Morris (19 May 2008) My Mentor: Tasmin Lucia Khan on Kevin Bakhurst The Independent, 19 May 2008
- Breaking News: Alexander McQueen is found Dead - BBC News coverage YouTube
- BBC showbiz presenter Tasmin Lucia Khan does an Oscars special - on the winning FILMS and FASHION YouTube
- Daybreak Press Pack ITV, 31 August 2010
- Commonwealth baton starts journey to India YouTube - Retrieved 14 November 2009
- Plight of restaurant industryhighlighted at Bangladesh Caterers’ Association annual dinner Asian News, Manchester Evening News, 18 December 2007
- Prize date for Asian business successes Evening Times, 23 October 2009
- British Bangladeshis: Bridging nations, connecting cultures UK in Bangladesh (Foreign Office), Retrieved 14 June 2009
- Success of Bangladeshis in UK encouraging The Daily Star, 28 May 2009
- Asian Woman Awards: Finalists 2008
- 50 sexiest Asian women in world 2009 full list Bollywood Raj
- 50 sexiest Asian women in the world NDTV
- Tasmin Lucia Khan BBC Press Office, August 2010
External links
- Tasmin Lucia Khan Official website
- Tasmin Lucia Khan at itv.com
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