Seema Jaswal

Seema Jaswal (née Pathan; born 28 January 1985) is a British television and radio presenter from West London.[1]

Seema Jaswal
Jaswal at the 9th Asian Awards in 2019
Born
Seema Pathan

(1985-01-28) 28 January 1985
Richmond, Surrey, England
NationalityBritish
EducationGrey Court School Richmond College
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London
OccupationTV Presenter & Radio Presenter
Years active2008 - present
EmployerIMG - Premier League Global Content
BBC
Channel 4
Eurosport
Gfinity
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
TelevisionBBC CBBC Sports Round (2009 - 11)
Channel 5 The Wright Stuff (2011 - 15)
Star Sports Indian Super League (2015)
Star Sports Lets Talk Football (2015 - 16)
PLP Kick Off (2016 - Present)
PLP Fanzone (2016 - Present)
Channel 4 BDO Darts (2017 - Present)
Channel 4 Mini Challenge (2017 - Present)
BBC World Snooker Championships (2017 - Present)
Eurosport UK Championships Snooker (2017)
Sony Six FIFA U17 World Cup (2017)
Gfinity Elite Series FIFA 18 (2018)

Jaswal hosts the Premier League's worldwide coverage for Premier League Productions which includes flagship shows Kick Off and Fanzone. When the Premier League season ends, she presents Motorsport for Channel 4. Jaswal also reports on the BBC’s coverage of the World Snooker Championships and Channel 4's BDO Darts.[2] She is also the eSports host of Gfinity Elite Series FIFA18.[3]

Jaswal was part of ITV's World Cup 2018 coverage, presenting pre-game reports and outside-broadcast interviews from locations around Russia. Previously she presented the FIFA U17 World Cup draw and Tournament for Sony Six in October 2017.[4] In 2017, Jaswal won a Media Award at the Asian Football Awards.

BBC

World Snooker Championship

Seema is a Reporter for the World Snooker Championship at The Crucible Theatre.[5] This role focuses on all of the action going on in and around the event as well as post match Interviews with Mark Selby, Ding Jun Hui, Shaun Murphy, and Judd Trump. Seema also worked alongside Hazel Irvine, Jason Mohammad, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty and John Parrott.[6] Seema also visited the Becton Centre with the WPBSA and John Parrot to provide them with a Snooker table and further encourage more people with disabilities to play cue sports.[7][8] For the 2019 World Snooker Championship she replaced Jason Mohammad as secondary presenter.

Motor Sport

Seema hosted her first full season of the Mini Challenge on Channel 4 which entailed travelling to racing circuits.[9]

Eurosport

UK Snooker Championship

Seema worked as a reporter for the UK Snooker Championship with Eurosport capturing all of the live action from the tournament in York. From pre and post match interviews, to Snooker skills challenges to live hits into the studio with Colin Murray the role was varied.

Star Sports India

Hero Indian Super League (ISL) / Let’s Football / Let’s Talk Football

Seema hosted for Star Sports India[10] the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Season 2 presenting both the live Player Draft Auction[11] and the live matches from the studio over a 3-month period with experts Paul Masefield, Ashley Westwood and Gary O'Reilly.[12] The live broadcast featured a pre and post show with a half time analysis with global viewing figures reaching over 207 million.[13] The review show Let's Football also hosted by Seema covered the main talking points of this tournament.[14] In addition, Seema presented a live show Let's Talk Football reviewing all of the weekend's Premier League action.[15]

Channel 5

The Wright Stuff

Seema spent the best part of 3 years assisting on The Wright Stuff[16][17] alongside presenter Matthew Wright[18] introducing the show, engaging with the audience, reading viewers’ social media responses whilst also sharing her own opinions on the daily live debate show.[19]

Radio

As a producer and presenter at Westside radio, Seema hosted the Entertainment show every Sunday from 10am - 1pm. She wrote the show content and featured a weekly event update, entertainment news bulletins and interviews with artists performing at the local Beck Theatre.[20]

Awards and Recognition

Jaswal won the Media Award at the Asian Football Awards 2017.[21][22]

References
  1. "Inspirational Woman: Seema Jaswal | Television, radio and live events presenter". WeAreTheCity.com. 14 November 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. "HOME | BEYOUROWN | Leading Women With A Vision". beyourown.org. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. "Gfinity hires Seema Jaswal as FIFA 18 Elite Series host". Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. "SPN's sporty bonanza for footy fans ahead of FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 India". Bestmediaifo.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. Team, The42. "Mark Selby lands world snooker championship with thrilling win over John Higgins". The42. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. "How Higgins outplayed Selby in Crucible final". BBC Sport. 29 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  7. "Snooker Champ Parrott Visits Sheffield's Becton Centre - WPBSA". Wpbsa.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. "Ex-Crucible champion Parrott brings smiles to Sheffield's Becton Centre". Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  9. "Amazon.com: Mini Challenge Season 2017". amazon.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. "#AskSJ". Youtube. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  11. "Star Sports to broadcast the Hero Indian Super League 2015 domestic player auction and draft live". 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  12. "Hero ISL - Team of the Week". YouTube. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  13. "Upward trend in ISL viewership, 9 million more than last year - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. "Let's Football: Ashley Westwood on Florent Malouda!". Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  15. "Lets Talk Football: Ashley Westwood's Rapid Fire". Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  16. "Presenting the Wright Stuff for Seema". 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017.
  17. "Presenting wright Stuff for Seema". connection.ebscohost.com.
  18. "Welcome to my new website | Matthew Wright Official". Matthewwrightofficial.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  19. "Powerful play from slums of Mumbai". Lancashire Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  20. "Seema Jaswal Interview". Celebrity Radio By Alex Belfield. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  21. "Winners of the Asian Football Awards 2017 | DESIblitz". DESIblitz. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  22. "2017 Asian Football Awards held successful in London". The Blog » CPD Football by Chris Punnakkattu Daniel (in German). 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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