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Aasmah Mir

Aasmah reveals her worst on-air nightmares

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Aasmah Mir
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Email: drive@bbc.co.uk
Programme: Drive
What was your worst on-air nightmare?

I've had loads - unsurprisingly. Once I was late for a bulletin at 4am and ran in as the jingle was ending. I gasped my way through the first story - the presenter was looking at me in horror. I felt like crying. I'd only been at 5 Live for a few weeks.

Without doubt, the worst ever was when I was broadcasting from the opening of Terminal 5 at Heathrow this year.  I introduced a guest as a baggage handler at Heathrow - that was what was written on my script - and he started shouting that he wasn't and that I should apologise and correct the mistake immediately. It wasn't pretty.
What was your worst job?

Cleaning the toilets in a fish and chip shop in the east end of Glasgow.
What’s your ambition?

Never to have to do that again!

What's your favourite football team?
Celtic – they are gods.

What would you do if you were invisible?
Don’t you already feel that way some days?


If you could be anyone for a day, who would it be?

My husband. A) because I would like to know what he actually does all day and B) because I'd love to know what it's like being married to me!

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