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Clive Myrie is an award-winning journalist and news presenter who is one of the BBC\u2019s most experienced foreign correspondents. In 2021 he took over from John Humphrys as Question Master of the quiz show Mastermind and has also presented travel programmes about Italy and the Caribbean.

Clive\u2019s parents are from Jamaica and he was born in Farnworth, near Bolton \u2013 one of seven children. As a young boy he had a paper round and one of the perks was reading the leftover newspapers which gave him the opportunity to learn about a world beyond Bolton. He loved watching the news on television and his role models were Alan Whicker and Sir Trevor McDonald who inspired him to become a journalist.

After he graduated from university Clive took up a place on the BBC\u2019s reporter training scheme and in 1996 he was sent to Japan - his first posting as a foreign correspondent. During his career he has reported from war zones including Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine.

In 2021 Clive was named Television Journalist of the Year and Network Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards.

Clive lives in north London with his wife Catherine.

DISC ONE: String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and performed by Kod\xe1ly Quartet\nDISC TWO: Welcome to My World - Jim Reeves \nDISC THREE: Cos\xec fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 / Act 1 - Soave sia il vento. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo soprano), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) and Wiener Philharmoniker \nDISC FOUR: All Blues - Miles Davis\nDISC FIVE: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and performed by Paul Tortelier\nDISC SIX: Slave to the Rhythm - Grace Jones\nDISC SEVEN: Long, Long Summer - Dizzy Gillespie\nDISC EIGHT: Stomp! - The Brothers Johnson

BOOK CHOICE: The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogue\nLUXURY ITEM: Hot pepper sauce \nCASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Long, Long Summer - Dizzy Gillespie

Presenter Lauren Laverne\nProducer Paula McGinley