Clive Myrie Biography
Clive Myrie is a British Television personality working as a BBC presenter and a foreign correspondent. He is also the host of the flagship BBC Two quiz show Mastermind and its BBC One spin-off show, Celebrity Mastermind. In addition, he presented Clive Myrie’s Italian Road Trip in 2023.
Clive Myrie Age
How old is Clive Myrie? Clive is 58 years old. He was born on August 25, 1964, in Bolton, United Kingdom.
Clive Myrie Height
He is 5 feet 7 inches tall (Approximately 1.7m or 170cm).
Clive Myrie Nationality
Myrie is British. He was born in Bolton, United Kingdom.
Clive Myrie Education
What did Clive Myrie study at university? Clive studied Law at the University of Sussex graduating in 1985 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. Before receiving his Law degree Clive was educated at Hayward Grammar School in his hometown of Bolton, followed by Bolton Sixth Form College, where he completed his A-levels. In 1988, he gained a place on the BBC’s prestigious journalism trainee scheme.
Recently, Clive was presented with the degree of Doctor of Social Science for his outstanding contribution to broadcasting, television, and society.
Clive Myrie Parents
Myrie was born in Bolton, Lancashire to his parents, Jamaican immigrants who came to the UK in the 1960s. His mother Lynne was a seamstress who worked for Mary Quant while his father Norris was a factory worker who made car batteries and carpets. His uncle Cecil was a munitions driver in the Royal Air Force during the war.
Myrie’s parents are divorced, and his father returned to Jamaica following his retirement.
Clive Myrie Siblings
Myrie has six siblings; four boys and three girls and he is the fourth born.
Clive Myrie Wife
Who is the wife of Clive Myrie? Clive is married to Catherine Myrie, an upholsterer and furniture restorer. He met his wife, who then worked in publishing, at the 1992 London launch of a book about Swiss cheeses. “It was love at first sight for me,” Clive said about meeting his future wife for the first time. He also added that she gave him ‘the courage and space to pursue his dreams’.
In 1998, the couple wed at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Covent Garden. Clive had just been appointed the BBC’s LA correspondent at the time, and so after returning to the UK for their nuptials, he flew back to the States before they went for their honeymoon in Venezuela’s Maracaibo coast.
Previously, Catherine was a teacher who retrained as an upholsterer. The couple lives in Islington, North London.
Catherine was due to join her husband on his latest project, Clive Myrie’s Italian Road Trip, but had to pull out.
“But the hope was she was going to come over and at least spend a little bit of time with us but we had builders in so we couldn’t do it and we have been waiting for these builders for a long time, and my wife is quite particular, so not this time,” Clive said.
He went on to reveal that Italy holds a special place in their hearts as they holiday there every year and even chose to celebrate his 40th birthday on the Amalfi Coast.
Clive Myrie Kids
Does Clive Myrie have a child? Clive and his wife Catherine do not have children ‘because it didn’t make sense traveling around the world and not having the stability a child would need, Clive said.
Clive Myrie BBC
Who is Clive Myrie on BBC? Myrie is a BBC presenter and a foreign correspondent. He joined the BBC in 1987 as a trainee local radio reporter, on the corporation’s graduate journalism programme. His first assignment was as a reporter for Radio Bristol in 1988, returning to the BBC after a year with Independent Radio News. He then reported for Points West, and latterly BBC Television and Radio News.
In 1996 he became a BBC foreign correspondent and has since reported from more than 80 countries. He initially became the BBC’s Tokyo correspondent and was then the Los Angeles correspondent from 1997 to 1999. He was appointed a BBC Asia Correspondent in 2002 and was a Paris correspondent from 2006 to 2007. His career has encompassed major stories such as the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton, and wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. During the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces in March 2003, Myrie was an embedded correspondent with 40 Commando Royal Marines, joining them initially on HMS Ocean and subsequently during operations on the Al-Faw Peninsula. Myrie had to write a “goodbye” letter to his family, in case of his death due to the danger this particular assignment posed.
After latterly serving as a Europe correspondent based in Brussels, he was appointed a presenter on the BBC News Channel in April 2009, replacing the retired Chris Lowe. Since joining BBC News, Myrie has presented the BBC Weekend News and weekend editions of BBC News at Ten and BBC Breakfast, both on BBC One. In June 2014, he began presenting weekday bulletins on BBC One.
In September 2010 Myrie broke the story that ETA had declared a unilateral ceasefire after he met an ETA operative in Paris, who handed over a tape of the organization’s leaders making the declaration.
He has presented the 18:30-to-midnight slot, Monday to Thursday, on the BBC News Channel. During the 2015 general election, he was the main presenter of Election Tonight at 19:30 and 21:30. Since 2019, Myrie has focused on BBC One network bulletins with the evening shift presented by a set of relief presenters.
Myrie reported extensively from Kathmandu on the earthquake that struck the city on 25 April 2015, including the rescues of two Nepali citizens who were found alive under two collapsed buildings on 30 April 2015. In October 2017, Myrie visited Bangladesh to report on the Rohingya refugee crisis.
Myrie has occasionally presented on BBC World News, including World News Today, World News America, and the 2016 US election. He appeared as a guest on 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 of Games quiz show. He has also presented with Katty Kay the current affairs programme Beyond 100 Days.
In 2019 Myrie began presenting the BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten on alternate Fridays with Sophie Raworth following the departure of Fiona Bruce to Question Time. He now presents the BBC News at Ten on Fridays and in the absence of Huw Edwards.
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, following John Humphrys’ decision to leave after 18 years. Myrie made his debut as host on 23 August 2021. In November 2021, he featured as a guest participant in an episode of the BBC Two programme Celebrity Antiques Road Trip with fellow newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti.
Myrie hosted a documentary series on Jazz FM entitled The Definitive History of Jazz In Britain, broadcasting over ten weeks from 4 April to 6 June 2021. He also occasionally presents classical music on BBC Radio 3.
In February 2022 he travelled to Ukraine and was the anchor for BBC coverage of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In one report on the invasion, Myrie stated that he and other journalists were staying in the city as “We all want to tell the story of this war, and we want to tell it accurately.” On 8 March, he announced his return to the UK but promised he would return to the warzone.
Myrie presented Clive Myrie’s Italian Road Trip in 2023. While the series touched on issues such as immigration, he said “This is BBC Two, it’s 6. 30pm in the evening, and it’s at the start of summer so we don’t want to bring people too much of a downer with heavy political stuff. But there’s a little bit of that in there because I think that adds credibility to me being part of the project as well”.
Clive Myrie Awards
Myrie has won several nominations for his work, most significantly for his role in the BAFTA-nominated BBC team behind coverage of the Mozambique floods in 2000. He was awarded the Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents for his reporting of ethnic violence on the island of Borneo.
In 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from Staffordshire University. In 2019, the University of Sussex awarded him a “Doctor of the University” degree. Additionally, in 2022, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bolton, which he described as “an honor”.
In the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021, Myrie was named both “Television Journalist of the Year” and “Network Presenter of the Year”, winning the accolades “for his versatile, measured, and compelling style.
Clive Myrie Abuse
Myrie has experienced racist abuse, which has included death threats, and being the recipient of a card, with a gorilla on the front, which read: “We don’t want people like you on our TV screens.” In October 2019, a man from Leeds was jailed for 18 months for electronic death threats towards Myrie and motorsport commentator Jack Nicholls.
Recently, he said that the racist abuse he regularly receives has become increasingly virulent and prevalent and is at its worst since he started his career in 1988.
“The most recent thing I got two weeks ago was quite succinct: ‘Fuck off you black cunt,’” he said.
“It actually doesn’t really bother me at all. What bothers me is the general sense that we live in a country where some people think racism is either imagined, or in people’s minds, and I think that is a notion that has to be fought.”
Clive Myrie Neck Surgery
There has been no information about the scar on Myrie’s neck and how he got it. However, a lot of people on social media have been linking it to cancer. However, Myrie has not come forward with any information linking the scar to neck cancer.
Commonly Asked Questions about Clive Myrie?
When was Clive Myrie born?
Clive was born on August 25, 1964.
Does Clive Myrie have a family?
Yes, Clive has a family. He is married to Catherine Myrie.
Has Clive Myrie been married twice?
No. Clive has only been married once to his wife Catherine Myrie.
Does Clive Myrie work for the BBC?
Yes.
How long has Clive Myrie worked for the BBC?
Myrie has worked for the BBC for 36 years since 1987.
Clive Myrie Salary
Myrie receives an average annual salary ranging between £255,000-259,999. This is according to the BBC’s 2021/2022 annual report where he was listed as having a salary of between £255,000-259,999.
Clive Myrie Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of £5 million as of 2023.
Clive Myrie Social Media Accounts
Is Clive Myrie on Instagram? Yes. However, he has only 109 followers with no posts yet. Here is his Instagram Account.
