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11 Jun 2024, 13:53
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On this week’s Spooning podcast with Mark Wogan, Clive Myrie talks about becoming the host of Mastermind, revealed what the late George Alagiah said to him at the time, and suggested what his specialist subject might be.
Recalling getting the Mastermind gig in August 2021, the journalist says to the owner of Homeslice Pizza and son of the late Terry Wogan: “I sort of went through a screen testing, did all that, and then got the job. I didn't fully understand what a big deal it was, actually, which is a bit odd.
“I suppose my whole life was focused towards, you know, being a hard news reporter and all that kind of stuff. And so it didn't hit me until I got the job, which was incredible. I walked into the newsroom the next day and my face had been plastered all over the paper.”
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On what fellow newsreader, George Alagiah - who sadly died in 2023 - said to him about becoming the host, Clive says: “I got a round of applause from folk in the newsroom, which was brilliant, and then George Alagiah sort of took me to one side and said, ‘Do you have any idea? Do you have any idea?’ and I’m like, ‘I don’t, George. I don’t.’
“And he said, ‘It's just immense. The BBC has been willing to entrust you with one of the jewels of broadcasting.’ And it wasn't until George, who was an amazing guy, it wasn't until he told me that that the full magnitude of it hit me, actually.”
Regarding what his own specialist subject would be, were he to sit on the other side of the Mastermind desk, Clive says: “You know what? I am a typical journalist, I know a little bit about a lot of stuff. I can just about hold myself at a dinner party on a gazillion things, but the depth you need to be a Mastermind… scary stuff.
“I don't know? I’m a big Man City fan. So maybe Man City, the glory years! That would work.”
Mark asks what the weirdest chosen subject is, to which Clive replies: “None of them are weird. This is what the great British public are into, man. They're reading about the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands. They love that stuff. The Rebecca Riots. You know what the Rebecca Riots were? They were a peasant uprising in rural Wales in the mid 19th century. That was in the first tranche of specialist subjects when I got the job, and I thought, ‘This is amazing. I don't know anything about the Rebecca Riots, but you know what? I'm gonna find out a new thing here.’ And I love that.”
Read what Mark Wogan told Chris Evans Breakfast about why he blindfolds guests on his Spooning podcast here.
Previous Spooning guests include Claudia Winkleman, Helen Skelton, Gaby Roslin, Beverley Knight, Jimmy Carr, Alfie Boe, the Appleton sisters, The Hairy Bikers, James Martin, Matt Tebbutt, Joe Wicks, Eddie Izzard and Virgin Radio’s own Ryan Tubridy.
Spooning is out wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes are released every Thursday. Watch along via @virginradiouk on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok.
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