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Jasmine Dotiwala

b. 1901

British broadcaster

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Born 1901. Jasmine Dotiwala was a British television presenter.

Jasmine Dotiwala is a British broadcaster, producer, and columnist. Dotiwala has worked with television and radio news platforms such as MTV, Channel 4 and BBC Radio London. She has written and blogged for publications including Huffington Post UK and The Voice. where she attended Featherstone High School. She participated in the performing arts through her childhood; she began dance training when she was seven years old and started to teach dance by fifteen. After earning eight O-Levels, she read dance and drama at Surrey University and graduated in 1992. After she co-hosted The Word for several years, she moved to MTV Europe where she was a presenter for MTV News, before becoming senior producer of shows including Making the Video and MTV Cribs. In 2006, she became head of MTV Base, where she interviewed artists such as Jay-Z and Eminem. In 2009, she returned to Channel 4, where she worked on music programmes such as twentieth anniversary special for The Word. In April 2018, Dotiwala was requested to give evidence at the House of Commons to MP's for the Youth Violence Commission. Later that year, she was announced as a presenter for the weekly BBC Radio London radio show The Scene. Dotiwala was called to give evidence to peers of the House of Lords in May 2019 around the subject of the future of public service broadcasters in the era of streaming services. She was later named to the judging panel for the 2019 Namibian Annual Music Awards.

In 2020, Dotiwala joined Netflix UK. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to Broadcasting, to Music and to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

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Important facts

Born
1901, England
Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Surrey, Featherstone High School
Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Frequently asked questions

Who was Jasmine Dotiwala?

British broadcaster

When was Jasmine Dotiwala born?

Jasmine Dotiwala was born in 1901 in England.

What was Jasmine Dotiwala's occupation?

Jasmine Dotiwala was a television presenter.

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Jasmine Dotiwala was British.

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Β· Wikipedia: Jasmine Dotiwala

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