Mihir Bose
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Mihir Bose also referred to as Spermy ,is a British Indian
sportswriter and journalist, who was the BBC's sports editor until 4 August 2009.
origin. Brought up in Bombay, India
, he came to the UK in 1969 to study to become a Chartered Accountant
. After spending a year studying engineering at Loughborough University, Bose worked in business journalism.
Radio, before joining the Sunday Times. He moved from business journalism to investigative sports reporting and moved to the Daily Telegraph in 1995, where he started the paper's Inside Sports column.
Bose has also presented on radio and television, including BBC Radio 4
's Financial World Tonight, the South Asia Report on the BBC World Service
and What the Papers Say
for Channel 4
.
As the BBC's head sports writer his output included a regular blog on the Corporation's website.
On 4 August 2009 Mihir Bose resigned from the BBC for personal reasons. It was reported that Bose was unhappy with the forthcoming move of the BBC Sports Department from London to Manchester, which would have required him to relocate. He was replaced as Sports Editor by David Bond
.
His History of Indian Cricket was the first book by an Indian writer to win the prestigious Cricket Society Literary Award in 1990. His study of sports and apartheid, Sporting Colours, was runner-up in the 1994 William Hill Sports Book of the Year
award.
Bose has also written a book in the form of a comprehensive history of India's film industry called Bollywood: A History.
Bose authored "The Aga Khans" (published 1984 by World's Work Ltd., The Windmill Press, Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey) which unflatteringly detailed the lives of the first three Aga Khans. The 4th Aga Khan suppressed any further publication of this book by bringing legal action against Bose. No mention is made of this work in any of Bose's subsequent writings or web publishings since.
British Indian
The term British Indian refers to citizens of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in India. This includes people born in the UK who are of Indian descent, and Indian-born people who have migrated to the UK...
sportswriter and journalist, who was the BBC's sports editor until 4 August 2009.
Early life
Bose is of BengaliBengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
origin. Brought up in Bombay, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, he came to the UK in 1969 to study to become a Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountants were the first accountants to form a professional body, initially established in Britain in 1854. The Edinburgh Society of Accountants , the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries and the Aberdeen Society of Accountants were each granted a royal charter almost from...
. After spending a year studying engineering at Loughborough University, Bose worked in business journalism.
Early career
He started his career at LBCLBC
LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
Radio, before joining the Sunday Times. He moved from business journalism to investigative sports reporting and moved to the Daily Telegraph in 1995, where he started the paper's Inside Sports column.
BBC
He left the Telegraph to become the BBC's Sports Editor in October 2006.Bose has also presented on radio and television, including BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
's Financial World Tonight, the South Asia Report on the BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
and What the Papers Say
What the Papers Say
What The Papers Say is a BBC radio programme that originally ran for many years on British television.Its first incarnation was the second longest-running programme on British television after Panorama...
for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
.
As the BBC's head sports writer his output included a regular blog on the Corporation's website.
On 4 August 2009 Mihir Bose resigned from the BBC for personal reasons. It was reported that Bose was unhappy with the forthcoming move of the BBC Sports Department from London to Manchester, which would have required him to relocate. He was replaced as Sports Editor by David Bond
David Bond (journalist)
David Bond is a British journalist, currently the BBC's Sport Editor.Bond began his journalistic career on the South London Press covering Millwall F.C., the football club he supports...
.
Inside World Football
Mihir now writes a blog for the football related website insideworldfootball.bizBooks
Bose has written 22 books on a range of subjects, including A History of Indian Cricket and Manchester Disunited.His History of Indian Cricket was the first book by an Indian writer to win the prestigious Cricket Society Literary Award in 1990. His study of sports and apartheid, Sporting Colours, was runner-up in the 1994 William Hill Sports Book of the Year
William Hill Sports Book of the Year
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British literary award sponsored by bookmakers William Hill. It claims to be "the world's richest sports book prize" at £22,000...
award.
Bose has also written a book in the form of a comprehensive history of India's film industry called Bollywood: A History.
Bose authored "The Aga Khans" (published 1984 by World's Work Ltd., The Windmill Press, Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey) which unflatteringly detailed the lives of the first three Aga Khans. The 4th Aga Khan suppressed any further publication of this book by bringing legal action against Bose. No mention is made of this work in any of Bose's subsequent writings or web publishings since.
Awards
Bose has won the following awards:- 1990 Magazine Publishing Award - Winner Business Columnist of the Year
- 1990 Cricket Society — Silver Jubilee Literary Award Winner A History of Indian Cricket
- 1997 English Sports Council & Sports' Writers Association - Winner Inaugural Sports Story of the Year
- 1999 Sport England & Sports Writers' Association - Winner Sports News Reporter of the Year
- 2001 British Press Awards Finalist - Sports Reporter of the Year
- 2003 Asian Achievers Award / Asian Voice & Gujarat Samchar - Winner Media
Personal life
Bose lives in west London with his wife, Caroline Cecil, who runs a financial PR consultancy. He has a daughter, Indira.External links
- Official website
- Mihir Bose blog on bbc.co.ukBbc.co.ukBBC Online is the brand name and home for the BBC's UK online service. It is a large network of websites including such high profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on-demand video and radio services co-branded BBC iPlayer, the pre-school site Cbeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize...