Myma Seldon (born 9 August 1979) is a British
television
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and
radio presenter
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and voiceover artist.
Background
Seldon was born Jemima Seldon on 9 August 1979 in
Farnborough, London
Farnborough is a village in south-eastern Greater London, England, located in the historic county of Kent. Situated south of Locksbottom, west of Green Street Green, north of Downe and Hazelwood, and east of Keston, it is centred southeast ...
, England. She has a 2:1 English/Philosophy
B.A.
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(Hons) from
Leeds
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University
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. She also has a
Postgraduate Diploma
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in
Journalism
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from the London School of Journalism.
Career
Seldon began her career presenting the 7pm–10pm evening show for Liberty Radio, a