Clive Myrie

No he has not been dropped from BBC News. All that happened was that it was decided not to use him as presenter on the ten o'clock news programme which immediately followed the HIGNFY show which he hosted, and on which he made several derogatory (but accurate) comments about Boris Johnson.

So - the BEEB employs him to host a show whose main purpose is to lampoon the buffoonery of our politicians. He does just that and then is chastised by the BEEB. Doesn't really make a lot of sense.

Ah - he only missed one news reading programme.

I’m glad they’ve not dropped him. If he’s on the television, it means we get peace and quiet for a while. Our dog doesn’t watch television usually, but when Clive Myrie is on, she lies there, staring at the screen, engrossed.

merlotgran

Boris used to be a very funny presenter of HIGNFY back in the day.

Yes, perhaps he should have left politics and gone into presenting on television years ago!

Freya5

MayBee70

So it’s ok for him to risk his life in Ukraine but not ok to make fun of Johnson.

The beeb made the rules about impartiality, he was showing his political bias . Going to Ukraine has nothing to do with this.

he was showing his political bias

No he wasn't.
It's satire. It was scripted.
Next week Starmer or Sturgeon!

As several posters have said, it was because, although HIGNFY was recorded the day before, it was broadcast immediately before the News at Ten and the news included an item about Johnson.
Just that one programme.

He's back and I can sit staring at the screen, engrossed
😁

Brilliant hignfy episode in my opinion. Love Clive as a newsreader. I havent seen him on mastermind as yet reading the questions. He speaks so clearly. Did any of you watch the series of him travelling around Italy? I think it was Bbc2. We thoroughly enjoyed it.

I don’t mind him but he is becoming one of the personalities that seem to be on so many programmes.

He's not on programmes nearly as much as Amol Rajan 🙄

And yes. Johnson was great on HIGNFY too. I think you are right Callistemon21, he should have stuck to presenting... It is a much better fit than politics I think!