Clive Myrie
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| Born |
25 August 1964 Bolton, Lancashire, England |
| Education | Hayward Grammar School University of Sussex |
| Occupation | Journalist, presenter |
| Notable credit(s) | BBC News, BBC News at Five, BBC News at Nine, BBC News at Ten, World News Today |
Clive Myrie (born 25 August 1964 in Bolton, Lancashire) is an English television news journalist, who works for BBC News as London World Affairs Correspondent and Presenter. He is the main evening presenter on the BBC News Channel Monday-Wednesday and alternate Thursdays and he presents BBC News at Ten on alternate Sundays.
Myrie was born on 25 August 1964 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, to Jamaican immigrant parents. His mother was a seamstress who later worked for Mary Quant, whilst his father was a factory worker making car batteries. His parents later divorced, and his father returned on retirement to Jamaica. Myrie was educated at Hayward Grammar School in Bolton, and the University of Sussex, graduating in 1985 with a law degree.
Myrie joined the BBC 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 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.
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