Inside BBC News star Maryam Moshiri’s life off screen with husband and children after epic TV blunders

BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri has been an anchor on BBC News for many years, but in recent months has caught attention for the wrong reasons.

The presenter first made headlines last year after a filming blunder saw her go live on the BBC whilst holding up her middle finger to her crew.

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BBC News anchor Maryam Moshiri was caught giving the middle finger live on the broadcast in 2023 in a TV blunder.[/caption]

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Outside of her BBC News reporting she is a mum to three children and married to fellow journalist Jonathan Farmer.[/caption]

The joke had seemingly backfired after Maryam hadn’t realised she was on air.

It seems the blunders haven’t yet stopped for her either as last month she was caught out without realising she was on air.

Outside of her life on the BBC, Maryam is married to Jonathan Farmer, the editor-in-chief of LatinNews, and they have three children together.

Originally from Iran, Maryam started out her career as a business reporter in 2001 before joining the BBC in 2023.

She became a main figure on BBC News in 2019 and has presented some of the global news channel’s flagship programmes, including Outside Source, Impact and Global.

Last year she became a more well known figure as she took on presenting for BBC News and covered much of the Eurovision, when it took place in Liverpool.

In December 2023 her ‘viral’ moment came after camera began rolling and she didn’t realise she was on air as she pulled faces and made a swearing hand gesture to her colleagues.

Apologising on Twitter/X, Maryam told followers: “Hey everyone , yesterday just before the top of the hour I was joking around a bit with the team in the gallery.

“I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0.. including the fingers to show the number.

“So from 10 fingers held up to one.

“When we got to 1 I turned finger around as a joke and did not realise that this would be caught on camera.

“It was a private joke with the team and I’m so sorry it went out on air!”

She added: “It was not my intention for this to happen and I’m sorry if I offended or upset anyone.

“I wasn’t ‘ flipping the bird’ at viewers or even a person really.

“It was a silly joke that was meant for a small number of my mates.”

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Maryam’s first TV blunder saw her swear at her BBC crew as they were ‘having a laugh’ and didn’t realise they were live on air.[/caption]

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Another TV blunder for Maryam came as she didn’t realise the camera was rolling and she sat looking blank.[/caption]

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Maryam, originally from Iran, lives in London with her husband and family.[/caption]

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On social media she has shared snaps with her children.[/caption]

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Off screen, she’s also a dog owner.[/caption]