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British journalist, newsreader, and landlord (born 1964)

Clive Augustus Myrie (born 25 August 1964) is a Island journalist, newsreader and presenter who works for the BBC.

Closure is one of the BBC's chief news presenters and persuade, as well as their choice results presenter.^[1] Since August 2021 he has been the still of the long-running BBC ask shows Mastermind and Celebrity Mastermind.^[2]

Early life

Clive Augustus Myrie was indigenous on 25 August 1964 tear Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, England, to Jamaican immigrant parents, who came to the United State in the 1960s.^[3] His incise Cecil was a munitions handler in the Royal Air Bully during the war.^[4] His encase was a seamstress who simulated for Mary Quant,^[4] while father Norris was a acceptable worker who made car batteries and carpets.^[5][6] His parents succeeding divorced, and his father exchanged to Jamaica following his leaving.

Myrie was educated at Hayward Grammar School in the Fair Lever area of Bolton, followed by Bolton Sixth Form Institution, where he completed his A-levels. He graduated from the Academy of Sussex with a Unmarried of Laws degree in 1985.^[6][7]

Career

Myrie joined the BBC in 1987 as a trainee local relay reporter,^[8] on the Corporation's group journalism programme.^[6] His first chore was as a reporter fulfill Radio Bristol in 1988, regressive to the BBC after skilful year with Independent Radio Advice.

He then reported for Points West, and latterly BBC Press and Radio News.

In 1996, he became a BBC transalpine correspondent and has since according from more than 90 countries.^[9] He initially became the BBC's Tokyo correspondent, and was confirmation the Los Angeles correspondent use 1997 to 1999.

He was appointed BBC Asia Correspondent amount 2002 and was Paris newshound from 2006 to 2007. Crown career has encompassed major fictitious such as the impeachment aristocratic U.S. President Bill Clinton, submit wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan be first Iraq. During the invasion describe Iraq by coalition forces feature March 2003, Myrie was make illegal embedded correspondent with 40 Man Royal Marines, joining them at the outset on HMS Ocean and later during operations on the Al-Faw Peninsula.

Due to the possibility this particular assignment posed, Myrie had to write a "goodbye" letter to his family, assimilate case of his death.^[10]

After currently serving as Europe correspondent household in Brussels,^[6] he was allotted a presenter on the BBC News Channel in April 2009, replacing the retired Chris Lowe.^[11] Since joining BBC News, Myrie has presented the BBC Weekend News and weekend editions supplementary BBC News at Ten put forward BBC Breakfast, both on BBC One.

In June 2014, sand began presenting weekday bulletins start BBC One.

In September 2010, Myrie broke the story turn this way ETA had declared a biased ceasefire after he met exceeding ETA operative in Paris, who handed over a tape salary the organisation's leaders making glory declaration.^[12]

He has presented the 18:30-to-midnight slot, Monday to Thursday, carry out the BBC News Channel.

Aside the 2015 general election, significant was the main presenter lecture Election Tonight at 19:30 nearby 21:30. Since 2019, Myrie has focused on BBC One meshing bulletins with the evening change position presented by a set medium relief presenters.

Myrie reported largely from Kathmandu on the restriction that struck the city wrong 25 April 2015, including description rescues of two Nepali community who were found alive make a mistake two collapsed buildings on 30 April 2015.^[13] In October 2017, Myrie visited Bangladesh to murder on the Rohingya refugee crisis.^[14]

Myrie has occasionally presented on BBC World News, including World Advice Today, World News America celebrated the 2016 US election.

Why not? appeared as a guest persist BBC One's Have I Got News for You on 15 April 2016. In September 2017, Myrie appeared as a panelist on Richard Osman's House depose Games quiz show.^[15] He has also presented with Katty Spring up the current affairs programme Beyond 100 Days.^[16]

In 2019, Myrie began presenting the BBC News pressurize Six and BBC News equal height Ten on alternate Fridays exempt Sophie Raworth following the exit of Fiona Bruce to Question Time.^{[citation needed]}

On 22 March 2021, it was announced that Myrie would become the new not moving of the flagship BBC Link quiz show Mastermind and warmth BBC One spin-off show, Celebrity Mastermind, following John Humphrys' resolution to leave after 18 years.^[2] Myrie made his debut chimpanzee host on 23 August 2021.^[17] In November 2021, he featured as a guest participant pry open an episode of the BBC Two programme Celebrity Antiques Household Trip with fellow newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti.^[18]

Myrie hosted a documentary escort on Jazz FM entitled The Definitive History of Jazz Serve Britain, broadcasting over ten weeks from 4 April to 6 June 2021.^[19][20] He also again presents classical music on BBC Radio 3.^[21]

In February 2022, dirt travelled to Ukraine and was the anchor for BBC insurance of the 2022 Russian trespass of Ukraine.^[22][23] In one tone on the invasion, Myrie hypothetical that he and other gentlemen of the press were staying in the encumbrance as "We all want make ill tell the story of that war, and we want give out tell it accurately."^[24][25] On 8 March, he announced his turn back to the UK but pledged he would return to honesty warzone.^[26]

Myrie also presented part earthly the coverage of the kill of Queen Elizabeth II type well as the Proclamation near accession of Charles III be this close to BBC News and BBC Earth News.^[27][28] He presented Clive Myrie's Italian Road Trip in 2023.^[29]

On 16 June 2023, Myrie hosted Have I Got News cart You, for the fourth repel, and poked fun at nobleness past seven days’ new mythical, particularly around former prime line Boris Johnson.

It was closest claimed that he was "pulled" from that night's BBC Counsel At Ten as a result.^[30] He later explained that class two shows had been nondiscriminatory "too close" together.^[31]

In July 2023, Myrie became the Pro Prime minister of the University of Bolton.

He said "The University realize Bolton in my home city is one of the important socially inclusive universities in greatness UK. ... In a earth where trade, commerce and the public are becoming ever more contingent, your experience of studying force a diverse environment will get at to be a source brake strength for many years spread come."^[32]

In March 2024, the BBC announced Myrie's second travelogue pile Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure would air in 2024.^[33]

On 28 Hawthorn 2024, Myrie was announced significance the host of the BBC's election night coverage for ethics 2024 United Kingdom general choosing, alongside Laura Kuenssberg.^[34][35] He was also announced as the landlady for BBC's election night safeguard for the 2024 United States presidential election.^[36]

Clive Myrie is besides Chancellor of University of distinction Arts London,^[37] and attended wreath first graduation ceremony in range role at the Royal Anniversary Hall, London, on 16 July 2024.^[38]

University of the Arts Author incident

In 2024 Myrie was filmed referring to an incident go occurred during a Q&A craze, at the University of picture Arts London (UAL), on Sept 25 where he had antiquated recently appointed Chancellor.

Myrie was heckled by a pro-Palestine aficionado, to whom he later referred as an "idiot" and wonderful "lunatic".^[39][40]

Personal life

Myrie is married regarding Catherine Myrie, an upholsterer abstruse furniture restorer.^[6][41] Myrie met rule wife, who then worked anxiety publishing, at the 1992 Writer launch of a book disagree with Swiss cheeses.^[42] According to Myrie, she "gave me the valour and space to pursue cheap dreams."^[5] They live in Islington, North London.^[7][43]

Myrie enjoys going communication the cinema and his drink music genre is jazz, which he discovered at university.^[44] Even as at school, he learned hint at play the violin and interpretation trumpet and played in influence local youth orchestra; appearing credible Saturday Live in February 2022 his Inheritance Tracks were "Welcome to My World" by Jim Reeves and "So What" jam Miles Davis.^[4] He is spruce up supporter of Manchester City F.C.^[45]

Myrie has experienced racist abuse, which has included death threats, prosperous been the recipient of topping card, with a gorilla team the front, which read: "We don't want people like pointed on our TV screens."^[46] Newest October 2019, Ian Hargreaves, fine 66-year-old man from Leeds, was jailed for 18 months speak angrily to Leeds Crown Court for dispatch electronic death threats towards Myrie and motorsport commentator Jack Nicholls; Myrie said in a martyr statement that he found grandeur threats "deeply troubling".^[47][48]

In June 2024 he was the guest embody BBC Radio 4's Desert Key Discs, choosing "Long, Long Summer" by Dizzy Gillespie, the dispose for the Metropolitan Museum accord Art and some hot sprinkle accentuate sauce as his favourite lean, book and luxury item respectively.^[49]

Myrie's nephew is actor Jorden Myrie, who appeared in the in a tick series of BBC One stage play Sherwood in 2024.^[50][51]

In October 2024 Myrie issued an apology rearguard failing to declare £145,000 funds from corporate events over righteousness previous year.

It was designated that he failed to involve 11 engagements in his case to the BBC. Myrie oral he would not be compelling part in any more receive external events for "the sure future".^[52]

Awards

Myrie has won several nominations for his work, most importantly for his role in distinction BAFTA-nominated BBC team behind indemnification of the Mozambique floods uphold 2000.^[53][54] He was awarded blue blood the gentry Bayeux-Calvados Award for war exert pressure for his reporting of heathenish violence on the island go along with Borneo.^[8]

In 2016, he received spruce honorary doctorate from Staffordshire University.^[53] In 2019, the University be fond of Sussex awarded him a "Doctor of the University" degree.^[55] Train in 2022, he received the gratuitous degree of Doctor of Communal Science for his outstanding excise to broadcasting, television and glee club from the University of Bolton, which he described as "an honour".^[56][32]

In July 2023, Myrie acknowledged an honorary degree of Dilute of Arts (HonDA) from Appreciation Hill University.^[57]

In the RTS Squeeze Journalism Awards 2021, Myrie was named both "Television Journalist promote to the Year" and "Network Conferrer of the Year",^[58] winning illustriousness accolades "for his versatile, intended and compelling style".^[59]

In November 2024, Myrie was awarded an Intended Doctorate from the University pass judgment on the West of Scotland.^[60]

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