CLIVE MYRIE

I was a gangly teenager, all elbows and legs. I loved playing sports – football and cricket – and I’ve been a Manchester City fan since I was about seven or eight so I’ve known the lows as well as the highs.

I’m one of these weird Leo/Virgo mixes. I have all the Virgo traits – I’m very fastidious and tidy, I have a good organisational brain and I pay attention to detail. But at the same time, I am all Leo. Loud, mouthy, don’t mind being in a crowd, don’t mind being the centre of attention. I was always the one at school with my hand up to perform if we were asked to read out loud. It’s interesting that that’s pretty much the career that I have now, reading out loud.

From an early age, I had an ambition to be performing