# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mishal-husain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:27:14.639Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mishal-husain"
name: "Mishal Husain"
slug: "mishal-husain"
description: "Mishal Husain is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. She is best known for having presented a range of BBC News programmes, most notably BBC Radio 4's Today programme. She has occasionally appeared as a relief presenter on the weekday edition of the BBC News at Ten, and more rarely, the BBC News at Six. She has hosted The Andrew Marr Show, HARDtalk, Impact and BBC Breakfast."
tagline: "British journalist and news presenter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mishal_Husain_at_SXSW_2025_02_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1973-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.26188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mishalhusainbbc"
    handle:    "mishalhusainbbc"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mishalhusain/"
    handle:    "mishalhusain"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCupCPjlklosth7Rzo7ALe9Q"
    handle:    "UCupCPjlklosth7Rzo7ALe9Q"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mishal.husainhusain"
    handle:    "mishal.husainhusain"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1090043/"
    handle:    "nm1090043"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/impact_asia/presenters/default.stm"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B1%B3%E8%8E%8E%C2%B7%E4%BE%AF%E8%B3%BD%E5%9B%A0"
    title: "米莎·侯賽因"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميشال هوساين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "মিশাল হুসাইন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishal_Husain"
    title: "Mishal Husain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishal_Husain"
    title: "Mishal Husain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B9%D9%84_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "مشعل حسین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "مشال حسین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6875490"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58576"
    title: "Mishal Husain"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump