Beta Female
BBC Radio Four comedy series
"Screenwriter and broadcaster Amna Saleem has become one of the media’s go-to figures during the race debate sparked by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s departure from the royal family.”
— GQ
SCREENWRITER
TV projects in various stages of development
Beta Female BBC Radio 4 comedy series
BBC Writersroom 2020
BBC Short Stuff
Channel 4 comedy sketch
Channel 4 chat show writersroom
JOURNALIST
Recently on BBC Newsnight
Often on BBC Scotland and occasionally appears on BBC World News, ITN, and CBC
Written for Huffpost, Broadcast, The Guardian, New Statesman, New European, Glamour magazine, YOU, and iNews among others.
Interviewed by British GQ
Name checked by Whoopi Goldberg on The View
AUTHOR
ANTHOLOGIES
It’s Not About The Burqa
Edited by Mariam Khan
Non-fiction 2019
Essay title: Shame, Shame it Knows Your NameWho’s Loving You
Edited by Sareeta Domingo
Fiction 2021
Story title: RANI
YA NOVEL RELEASE TBC
)ne of only eight finalists out of almost 7000 submissions for the BBC InterConnected call out. The resulting short was filmed over lockdown in 2020 and nominated for an RTS Award in 2022.
— Psychic Overload by Amna Saleem
EMERGING TALENT PROGRAMMES &
ACCOLADES
BBC Writers room — Scottish Voices
BAFTA GURU
Named as One to Watch in Stylist magazine
Positively reviewed in the Guardian and the Observer
SPEAKING EVENTS & PANELS
TEDxGlasgow speaker
Amnesty International Media Awards judge
John Byrne Award judge
Featured in Scottish Refugee Council
“I Hear You” campaign
