Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed
Ahmed in 2022
Born (1968-06-15) 15 June 1968
Wandsworth, London, England
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
City University, London
OccupationsJournalist, documentarian and news presenter
SpouseBrian Millar (divorced)
Children2
Websitewww.samiraahmed.blog

Samira Ahmed (born 15 June 1968) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster at the BBC, where she presents Front Row on Radio 4 and Newswatch on the BBC News channel and BBC One during BBC Breakfast, and regularly presents radio documentaries. She was named British Broadcasting Press Guild audio presenter of the year in March 2020. Her latest documentaries include Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse (March 2022) and Art of Persia (June 2020). She has presented Radio 3's Night Waves and Radio 4's PM, The World Tonight, Today, Sunday and has presented the Proms for BBC Four. She co-presents the vintage TV podcast Through The Square Window with journalist Graham Kibble-White.

Ahmed's writing has appeared in several British publications including The Guardian, The Independent, The Spectator arts blog, and writes a regular column for New Humanist. She was a reporter and presenter on Channel 4 News from 2000 to 2011. She presented Sunday Morning Live, a topical discussion programme on BBC One from 2012 to 2013.