Nicholas Owen

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This article is about the BBC News 24 journalist. For the martyr, see Saint Nicholas Owen.

For the presenter on Midlands Today, see Nick Owen

Nicholas David Arundel Owen (born 10 February 1947) is an English television news journalist and presenter.

1 Biography
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Owen began his journalistic career on the Surrey Mirror in 1964 before moving to Fleet Street in 1968. He worked for the Evening Standard and the Daily Telegraph before spending seven years with the Financial Times. He then joined the magazine Now in 1979 as Deputy Business Editor, later becoming Business Editor.

Nick shares his name with Nick David Owen from Manchester, who was in Arundel house at school.

In 1981 Owen switched to television reporting, joining the BBC in the North of England, covering general and industrial stories for both regional and national news and current affairs programmes.

[edit] ITN

Owen moved to ITN in 1984, as Channel 4 News' Business and Economics Correspondent. During the first Gulf War Nicholas presented the highly-acclaimed Midnight Special Programmes when they were launched on Channel Four. He also anchored The Parliament Programme, Channel Four's first daytime political series.

From 1994 to April 2000 Owen was Royal Correspondent for ITV News. In that capacity he played a major role in reporting on the death and funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. He compiled a book on her life entitled Diana – The People's Princess.

Owen then became presenter of the lunchtime news on ITV, as well as contributing heavily to ITN's coverage of budgetary matters.

[edit] Return to BBC

In October 2006 Owen took part in BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing, however, was voted off in the first week show on 7 October. Also in October 2006, he appeared on ITV Play's nightly game show The Mint and gave away the jackpot of over £130,000 to the winner.

The BBC Press Office announced in November 2006 that Owen has signed to BBC News 24 as a presenter. Owen's last broadcast on ITV1 was the evening news on 7 February, and he took up the post on 3 March 2007^[1]

[edit] Personal life

Owen is married to newspaper reporter Brenda and lives with his wife in Surrey. He has four children - a son and daughter, stepson and stepdaughter - and one grandchild. He has a passion for railway trains and has written a book on the definitive history of the trolley bus.