Well, I was very lucky. I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course.

He also hosted six series of Clive Anderson's Chat Room on BBC Radio 2 from 2004–2009. Anderson attended Selwyn College Cambridge where from 1974 to 1975 he was President of Footlights. Awards
The show Whose Line is it Anyway? won a BAFTA award in 1990.

He has also recently appeared on Alexander Armstrong's TV panel show 'Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask'. Winner of a British Comedy Award in 1991 Anderson began experimenting with comedy and writing comedic scripts during his 15-year law career before starring in Whose Line Is It Anyway? on BBC Radio 4 then later Channel 4. Clive Anderson (born 10 December 1952) is a British former barrister best known for being a comedy writer as well as a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom.