After Dinner SpeakersClive Myrie is a multi-award-winning journalist.
Clive is one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents and a recognised face as a BBC News presenter.
In 2021 he replaced John Humphrys as host of the BBC long running quiz show, Mastermind.
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, he studied law at the University of Sussex.
As well as presenting the One, Six and Ten 0’Clock news bulletins on BBC One and hosting news shows on the BBC News Channel, Clive continues to travel the world as a reporter and makes features and programmes for Panorama Newsnight and Radio 4.
In 1988, Clive gained a place on the BBC’s journalism trainee scheme. Initially starting in local radio, he progressed through regional television ranks to network TV and radio reporting.
Clive became a full-time foreign correspondent in 1996, with his first post being in Japan.
Since then, he has held some of the most important posts in foreign newsgathering, including:
- Washington Correspondent
- Europe Correspondent
- Asia Correspondent
- Africa Correspondent
Subsequently, Clive Myrie has reported from over 80 countries on some of the most important news events over the last 20 years, including the wars in Croatia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.
In 2002 during the Iraq War, he was embedded with Royal Marines from 40 Commando. In 1996 he covered the rise of the Taliban and their conquest of Afghanistan and covered their downfall after the September 11 attacks.
He has a particular interest in US politics, having covered the administrations of three Presidents (Clinton, Bush and Obama,) and reported on numerous Congressional midterm elections and seven Presidential races, including the election of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Furthermore, Clive has presented several documentaries, including a BBC special on the life of President Obama.
Awards and Corporate
He has won awards in Monte Carlo, citations in the USA (from the EMMY committee) and the UK.
He was also nominated for France’s prestigious Bayeaux War Correspondent Award and was part of the BBC team nominated for a BAFTA for coverage of the devastating floods in Mozambique in 2000.
Clive has been awarded Royal Television Society’s Network Presenter of the Year 2021 and TV Journalist of the Year 2021.
Clive Myrie is an experienced after-dinner speaker, awards host and conference facilitator.
