Studio One is a live daily English-language lifestyle television program that originated from United Arab Emirates and was broadcast on Dubai One to 16 countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Created by the same team that produced Dubai One's popular weekly television program Ask One,[2] Studio One is known for its eclectic mix of lifestyle features[3] and celebrity interviews, interactivity and is primarily aimed at women and families.
Ask One was pre-recorded and broadcast weekly at 19:30 on Tuesday nights and featured a mix of real-life stories, interviews, reports, investigations and a regular cookery segment.
Additionally Thursday's had more of a food focus featuring the Mystery Bag Challenge and co-host Saba Wahid preparing one of her own recipes in the 'Quick Foodie Fix'.
Season Two began on Sunday 25 September 2011 with the new presenting line-up, new half-hour format, bigger set and a range of new features including The West Wing and Winning Lines.
After studying English at university in the UK, Tom worked on several British newspaper titles including a daily broadsheet in London before moving to Dubai in 2001.
He then went on to host the morning program (The Good Life) for the re-launch of Dubai Eye 103.8, the first English-language talk radio station in the UAE.
From there he moved to the evening drive time slot where he oversaw the launch of the stations Sport Talk television program as presenter and executive producer.
He was chosen as host for City 7's Good Morning Dubai program,[18] the first live English language breakfast show in the UAE.
[22] Urquhart has hosted a number of large events in the UAE including the opening of Sheikh Zayed Bridge by Queen Elizabeth II,[23] the launch of sports newspaper Sport 360°,[24][25] the Emirates Airline Tee Party,[26] Jumeirah Festival of Taste,[15] the Lancashire Cricket Dinner,[15] the launch of Virgin Atlantic in Dubai,[15] the Cartier International Polo event,[15] the Abu Dhabi Chequered Flag Ball[27] and Chef's For Japan.
She was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts and had a variety of influences in her life including higher education, Pakistani customs, Islamic traditions and strong family values.
Growing up, Saba developed many different hobbies and participated in a variety of extracurricular activities ranging from sports such as Alpine skiing, Biking, Running, Field Hockley, Ice Hockey and Lacrosse.
Saba studied in the United States obtaining a BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and then continuing on to Hospitality Management at the French Culinary Institute in New York City.
She then found inspiration to begin catering private events by using her own creative cooking style and fused South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine, but presented it in a more contemporary manner.
After appearing in a number of locally produced cooking television programs, she made the move to Dubai where she took the next step in her career and presented Ask One and then Studio One.
Cooking is a daily feature on Studio One with many of Dubai's top award-winning Chefs appearing to prepare a dish for the presenters to sample at the end of the episode.