Aasmah Mir presents Saturday Live on Radio 4 and reports for the Tonight programme on ITV. She also reports for ITV during general elections and referendums. Born in Glasgow, she studied law at Bristol University and her first job was reading the news on STV at the age of 21. She switched to radio – presenting on Radio 5 Live for 11 years and then Radio 4 since 2014. As well as TV election reporting, she reports on live events for BBC1 including the Centenary of Votes for Women (2018) and the Centenary of the Battle of Jutland (2016) with David Dimbleby. She has been a contestant on both Celebrity Mastermind and Celebrity Masterchef.