Qasa Alom was born in Birmingham to a British-Bangladeshi family. His father is called Saiful, and his mother is called Ratna. He speaks five languages and has spoken about his grandparents’ roots in Bangladesh shaping his interest in documentary work there.

He attended King Edward VI Aston School, a grammar school in Birmingham. Some lower-reliability sources suggest he went on to study French and German at university, but I couldn’t confirm this through a strong independent source, so I’d treat the specific university detail with caution.

Alom joined the BBC in 2010, starting in local radio. He made a Radio 4 series about Stoke-on-Trent’s illegal sex trade for which he won a Frank Gillard Award in 2013. He progressed to be a Midlands Today television newsreader.

He has worked for the BBC covering The Boat Race, and the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in his hometown of Birmingham. In June 2023 he was announced as the new presenter for the BBC’s daily flagship tennis highlights programme for the Wimbledon Championships, Today at Wimbledon.