Tasmin Lucia-Khan

Tasmin Lucia-Khan
Born
Farhana Tasmin Lucia-Khan

(1980-07-18) 18 July 1980 (age 44)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationPolitics, philosophy and economics
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist,
television presenter,
news presenter, producer
Years active1999–present
Notable credit(s)Zee TV
Channel 5
BBC News
ITV Breakfast

Tasmin Lucia-Khan (born 18 July 1980) is a British film producer, television personality, news anchor and entrepreneur.[1][2] In the UK, she is most known for being the face of BBC Three 60 Seconds,[3] hosting E24 on BBC News,[4] and fronting the morning news for ITV Breakfast show Daybreak.[5][6] She was appointed CEO of Hollywood film company WR Entertainment[7] in 2016 and subsequently took the company public on the Oslo Stock Exchange Merkur Market.[8][9]

Early life

Born Farhana Tasmin Lucia-Khan in London, she is of Bengali descent.[10][11][12] Khan graduated from the University of Oxford with an Honours degree in politics, philosophy and economics.[13]

Media career

In 1999, Khan started her career 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.[14] In 2001, she interviewed Bill Clinton a few months after he completed his second term as President of the United States.[15]

She worked as a radio presenter for the BBC Asian Network, covering programmes like the Breakfast Show, Drive Time and The Album Chart.[citation needed] She was on air when news of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami broke on Boxing Day in December 2004.[citation needed]

She then worked for PTV Prime as 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.[2]

Having produced and hosted her own sports show on Channel 5 for three years, she then landed the opportunity to present on BBC News and BBC Three.[2][3][4][16] One of her mentors was Kevin Bakhurst who was the Editor of the Ten O’Clock News on BBC, and moved on to be the Controller of BBC News.[17] Bakhurst and Danny Cohen, then controller of BBC Three, offered her the job to be the face of the news bulletins on 60 Seconds on BBC Three, and be lead anchor of E24 on BBC News.

On 6 September 2010, she joined the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak after being headhunted from the BBC to be the sole news anchor covering all major world news stories as well as domestic, political and economic stories from the UK. She led the news teams through the 2011 London Riots, the uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Syria, and broke the news of the death of Osama bin Laden.[18]

She left ITV News and morning TV in 2012 to pursue other opportunities in America after 15 years on UK television.[5][13] From 2013 onwards, she was on US television as NBC Extra's 'Special Correspondent' conducting[19] celebrity interviews, and both entertainment [20] and news stories ranging from the birth of the royal babies in the UK to red carpet coverage of major film premieres.

In January 2016, she was appointed CEO of Film company WR Entertainment, a publicly traded company that had acquired the motion-picture rights to all 83 books in the Morgan Kane best selling book series which had sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In April 2016, she raised $3.5 million in working capital for the film company from the likes of Norwegian billionaires Bjørn Kjos and Arne Blystad.[21][22][23] The first movie from the Morgan Kane film franchise was planned to start filming in 2016,[citation needed] but no news of any production dates has been announced yet.

Other activities

Khan hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games 'Queens Baton Relay' at Buckingham Palace, alongside Queen Elizabeth II and the President of India, to launch the baton on its journey to Delhi for the 2010 Games.[citation needed]

She has hosted the annual BCA Gala Awards ceremony every year from 2007 to 2015,[24] and the Scottish Asian Business Awards in Glasgow in 2008 and 2009.[25]

In May and June 2009, she was part of a delegation to Bangladesh, organised by the British Government's Foreign Office as part of their Counter Terrorism strategy.[26]

Personal life

Khan now lives in Los Angeles, United States.[27] She is married to cardiologist Dr Junaid Zaman.[28]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "New faces and look for BBC Three's 60seconds". BBC Press Office. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Singh, Anita (19 January 2009). "BBC Three newsreader Tasmin Lucia Khan in breathless broadcast mystery". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group.(subscription required)
  4. ^ a b McGarry, Lisa (8 February 2009). "Tasmin Lucia Khan and Andy May for BBC Three's 60 Seconds". Unreality Primetime. Unreality TV. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
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  8. ^ Framstad, Anders Park (13 January 2016). "Da Morgan Kane inntok Oslo Børs" [When Morgan Kane took over the Oslo Stock Exchange]. E24 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  9. ^ Stavrum, Gunnar (13 January 2016). "Morgen Kane-filmene blir milliard-eventyr" [The Morgen Kane films will be billion-dollar adventures]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Mediehuset. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Finalists 2008". Asian Woman Awards. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  11. ^ "British-Bangladeshis who have made a mark". New Age Xtra. 10–16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
  12. ^ Davies, Serena (10 December 2005). "A cable car named desire". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
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  14. ^ "Tasmin". Mela UK. Sugar Media. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
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  17. ^ Morris, Sophie (19 May 2008). "My Mentor: Tasmin Lucia Khan on Kevin Bakhurst". The Independent. ESI Media. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2009. (registration required)
  18. ^ "Showreel". Tasmin.TV. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  19. ^ "Would Jennifer Aniston Be Down For a Guest Role in 'House of Cards'?". Extra. Telepictures Productions. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  20. ^ "Who Was the Biggest Superhero, Super-Diva on 'Avengers 2' Set?". Extra. Telepictures Productions. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  21. ^ Stavrum, Gunnar (18 May 2016). "Norske milliardærer satser på Morgan Kane" [Norwegian billionaires are betting on Morgan Kane]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Mediehuset. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  22. ^ Park Framstad, Anders (18 March 2016). "Kjendisinvestorer inn i Morgan Kane-selskap" [Celebrity Investors into Morgan Kane Company]. E24 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Kjos inn i Morgan Kane-selskap" [Elected to Morgan Kane Company]. Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2016.
  24. ^ "Plight of restaurant industry highlighted at Bangladesh Caterers' Association annual dinner". Manchester Evening News. Reach. 18 December 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  25. ^ Gray, Rebecca (23 October 2009). "Prize date for Asian business successes". Evening Times. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  26. ^ "Success of Bangladeshis in UK encouraging". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 28 May 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
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  28. ^ "UKBCCI honors Tasmin Lucia-Khan". BanglaNews24. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.