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- Coming from A Journalistic Family, How Did You Uncover Your Media Destiny?
- How Did You Get A Foot Into The BBC and What Was The Process?
- What Were The Responsibilities and Challenges of A Producer in The 80s?
- What Are Your Best Memories of Producing Asian Magazine?
- Tell Us A Little About Your Contribution to Golden Oldies and Network East?
- Being A Pioneer from The Asian Unit, How Does That Make You Feel?
- What Are Your Thoughts on Representation and Diversity Across The UK?
- What Are Your Future Plans?
I think that journalism was always omnipresent in the house while I was growing up. Something that I was very conscious of. Both my parents were journalists. My father was one of the pioneers of Urdu journalism in the UK. He had worked on a number of newspapers before switching to the local English language press. As far as I can remember the house...
This may sound pompous but in hindsight, it was incredibly easy. I had finished the first year of my degree and was on the summer break. The job of the producer at BBC’s Asian Unit appeared in the Evening Mail. BBC jobs were hardly advertised externally expect for a few entry-level jobs that would be in the Media Guardian. My friend, John Murray po...
In those days a producer’s job was very different from what it is now. I would originate the ideas, once my boss the Executive Producer – Ashok Rampal had approved. I’d then research the ideas, write the brief for the presenters if I was not doing it myself. I would also shoot the inserts, edit them, write the studio links and direct the gallery. A...
In the nine or so years I was at the BBC, it is really difficult to pinpoint highlights. In addition, a lot of memories have faded with time. Nevertheless, those that stand out include Imran Khan for his first BBC interview, listening to Asha Bhosle rehearse ‘In Ankhon Ki Masti’ without music, “discovering” Meera Syal in her last year at Manchester...
The “Golden Oldies Picture show” was a show that was produced at Pebble Mill. It went out on BBC One at 7.30 on a Wednesday. The idea was that the “bright young directors” of the BBC would be invited to make a “video” for a song that didn’t have a “video” when it was released. So in the age of multi-million-pound videos like “Thriller”, we were pac...
I only think of myself as a pioneer in that I was one of the first few Asians who worked in television and produced a regular programme on mainstream BBC One before anyone else. However, the people I worked with Ashok Rampal, Krishen Gould, Bish Mehay and Yousuf Aziz were the real trailblazers and the pioneers in the true sense of the word. All of ...
We all know that there is a huge ongoing debate about the issues of diversity and inclusivity in the entertainment industry. The events around the whole Black Lives Matter have highlighted how important a role that representation has in shaping people’s perception of the “other.” I learn that many films deemed to be racist are being withdrawn. Lite...
While it is important that mainstream media is seen to be more diverse and inclusive we feel that it is also equally incumbent on us as minorities to be telling our own stories to a mainstream audience. The success of films like “The Big Sick” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Parasite” have shown that mainstream is ready to embrace culturally diverse movie...
Jun 15, 2024 · Capt. Wassem Mahmoud, 23, from Beit Jann, and seven other IDF soldiers were killed in an explosion of an armored vehicle in Rafah, the IDF announced on Saturday. Mahmoud was a deputy company...
Jun 15, 2024 · The head of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Muafak Tarif, commented on the community’s contribution and sacrifice to Israel’s security following the announcement of the death of Capt. Wassem...
Aug 22, 2022 · Raised in Birmingham, Waseem Mahmood OBE is an award-winning broadcaster who began his career at the BBC, producing for both television and radio. He was one of five producers in the Asian Programmes Unit at BBC Pebble Mill in the early 1980s.
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Since being awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to media in post-conflict countries, Waseem Mahmood has been working on numerous creative projects, including publishing his first book titled: Good Morning Afghanistan (GMA).
