Clive Myrie has revealed that he opted to stay in Ukraine as a reporter after the BBC gave him the option to return home the day after Russia’s invasion began.
: ‘I made it clear I wanted to stay but I said to Kate Peters, our bureau chief, who had been in Moscow before, “Look, you know the Russians, if they come in here, are they going to kill us?”The veteran presneter’s first broadcast saw him become emotional The 57-year-old also spoke about his fans from appearances on, as well as Mastermind – which he has hosted since last August – becoming worried after seeing him in Kyiv.
‘People forgot what I had done before and were like, “Oh my God, Clive, get off the roof! What are you doing there?”, and saying to the BBC, “Why are you sending him out there?”‘They were thinking, “What’s the guy from Mastermind doing in Ukraine?” It’s like Magnus Magnusson covering the fall of Saigon!’ he joked.
Myrie also admitted to being ‘prepared but also scared’ while out in Ukraine, as he spoke about the ‘element of hypertension and stress’ in a situation where ‘a missile could be fired from Russian soil and land anywhere’.Myrie has worked at the BBC for over 20 years
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