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"There are those, you hear, who feel the BBC is overly dazzled by the ubiquitous Rajan"; Catherine Bennett in today's Observer. 

I think it's time for a chat with June Sarpong. I feel BBC producers across the board, in a desperate hunt for better on-air diversity stats, are simply being unhelpful to the wider ethnic community.  Amol Rajan hosted the Asian Network's Phone-In Show on a stand-in basis in 2016, then weeks at a time of the station's Big Debate; that led to covering presentation on Any Answers ?, Start the Week, sitting in for Simon Mayo on Radio 2, hosting The One Show, then The Media Show on Radio 4, and Front Row Late on Radio 4, and The Daily Politics on BBC2 - all during 2017, whilst fitting in guest judging on Masterchef and a Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. The year ended with him sitting in on the Chris Evans Radio 2 Breakfast Show, before moving to cover Jeremy Vine in the New Year. I won't go on.  

A similar thing is happening to Clive Myrie; after a slow burn of nearly ten years when his Radio Times credits were mainly for the News Channel, he appeared as a panellist on Have I Got News For You in 2016. Celebrity Eggheads followed in 2017, with a guest spot on Radio 3's Essential Classics, and a go at Richard Osman's House of Games and Would I Lie To You ?  George Floyd and US politics took Clive to the States in 2019 and 2020. In 2021, he co-hosted 5Live Drive, 5Live Breakfast and covered Naga Munchetty's show for a week at a time, was back on HIGNFY, hosted some Prom Concerts and started on Mastermind.  Oh yes, and got a Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, appeared as a guest judge on The Great British Menu and hosted a whole edition of HIGNFY.

The pile-in continued today, with three hours on Radio 3.  The Mail on Sunday tips Clive to fill some of Emily Maitlis' shifts on Newsnight.