Clive Myrie Biography
Clive Myrie is a BBC journalist, newsreader, and presenter from the United Kingdom. He is the long-running host of the BBC quiz shows Mastermind and Celebrity Mastermind.
Clive Myrie Age
Myrie is 57 years old as of 2021. He was born on 25 August 1964 in the County Borough of Bolton.
Clive Myrie Family
Myrie was born in the United Kingdom to Jamaican immigrant parents who arrived in the 1960s. During the war, his uncle Cecil worked as a munitions driver in the Royal Air Force. His mother was a seamstress for Mary Quant, and his father Norris worked in a factory that made car batteries and carpets. His parents are divorced, and his father moved back to Jamaica after retiring.
Clive Myrie Wife | Children
Catherine Myrie, an upholsterer and furniture restorer, is Myrie’s wife. Myrie met his wife, who was working in publishing at the time, at the London launch of a book about Swiss cheeses in 1992. Myrie claims that his wife “gave me the courage and space to pursue my dreams.”
Clive Myrie Education
Myrie attended Hayward Grammar School in his hometown of Bolton before attending Bolton Sixth Form College to complete his A-levels. In 1985, he earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sussex. Myrie enjoys going to the movies and listening to jazz, which he discovered at university. He learned to play the violin and trumpet in school and was a member of the local town youth orchestra.
Clive Myrie Illness | Neck Surgery
Myrie has not recently disclosed any health-related issues, nor has he come out openly to discuss any medical condition. However, in 2013, he made a savage gesture on television that caused quite a stir on the internet.
Clive Myrie Salary
Myrie earns an annual salary of £200,000-£204,999.
Clive Myrie Net Worth
Myrie has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Clive Myrie Ukraine
In February 2022, he visited Ukraine and served as the anchor for BBC coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to one report on the invasion.
Clive Myrie Career
Myrie began her career at the BBC in 1987 as a trainee local radio reporter on the corporation’s graduate journalism program. In 1988, he worked as a reporter for Radio Bristol before returning to the BBC after a year with Independent Radio News. He later worked for Points West, and then for BBC Television and Radio News.
He joined the BBC as a foreign correspondent in 1996 and has since reported from over 80 countries. He began as the BBC’s Tokyo correspondent before moving on to become the Los Angeles correspondent from 1997 to 1999. In 2002, he was appointed as a BBC Asia Correspondent, and from 2006 to 2007, he was based in Paris.
His career has included major stories like the impeachment of US President Bill Clinton, as well as wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. During the coalition forces’ March 2003 invasion of Iraq, Myrie was an embedded correspondent with 40 Commando Royal Marines, first on HMS Ocean and then during operations on the Al-Faw Peninsula. This assignment was so dangerous that Myrie had to write a “goodbye” letter to his family in case he died as a result of the danger this assignment posed.
He was appointed a presenter on the BBC News Channel in April 2009, replacing the retired Chris Lowe, after previously serving as Europe correspondent based in Brussels.Myrie has presented the BBC Weekend News, as well as weekend editions of BBC News at Ten and BBC Breakfast on BBC One, since joining the BBC News team. He began presenting weekday bulletins on BBC One in June 2014.
After meeting an ETA operative in Paris who handed over a tape of the organization’s leaders making the declaration, Myrie broke the story that ETA had declared a unilateral ceasefire in September 2010. Monday through Thursday, from 18:30 to midnight, he hosted the BBC News Channel. During the 2015 general election, he hosted Election Tonight at 19:30 and 21:30. Myrie has been focusing on BBC One network bulletins since 2019, with the evening shift presented by a group of relief presenters.
Myrie covered the earthquake that struck Kathmandu on April 25, 2015, in great detail, including the rescue of two Nepali citizens who were discovered alive under two collapsed buildings on April 30, 2015. Myrie traveled to Bangladesh in October 2017 to report on the Rohingya refugee crisis.
Myrie has appeared on BBC World News on a number of occasions, including World News Today, World News America, and the 2016 US election. On April 15, 2016, he appeared as a guest on BBC One’s Have I Got News for You. Myrie appeared as a panelist on Richard Osman’s House of Games gameshow in September 2017. He has also co-hosted the current affairs show Beyond 100 Days with Katty Kay. Following Fiona Bruce’s departure from Question Time, Myrie began presenting BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten on alternate Fridays with Sophie Raworth in 2019. In Huw Edwards’ absence, he now hosts BBC News at Ten on Fridays.
Following John Humphrys’ decision to leave the flagship BBC Two quiz show Mastermind and its BBC One spin-off show, Celebrity Mastermind, on 22 March 2021, it was announced that Myrie would become the new host of the flagship BBC Two quiz show Mastermind and its BBC One spin-off show, Celebrity Mastermind. On August 23, 2021, Myrie made his debut as host. In November 2021, he appeared as a guest on an episode of BBC Two’s Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, alongside fellow newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti.Myrie hosted The Definitive History of Jazz in Britain, a ten-week documentary series that aired on Jazz FM from April 4 to June 6, 2021.
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