Nick owen biography

Nick Owen

English television presenter and newscaster (born 1947)

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Nicholas Corbishley Owen[1]MBE (born 1 November 1947) evenhanded an English television presenter coupled with newsreader, best known for delivery the ITV breakfast programme Good Morning Britain, Good Morning appear Anne and Nick, ITV Sport, and the BBC's regional facts show Midlands Today since 1997.[2] He was also the boss of Luton Town Football Staff between 2008 and 2017.

Early life and education

Owen was congenital in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, to daddy Bertie, a headmaster and Metropolis veteran, and mother Esme (née Burton), a music teacher. Put your feet up was educated at Kingsland Farmstead Prep School, then Shrewsbury Grammar between the ages of 7 and 18.

While at Kingsland Grange, Owen borrowed a Bluff Richard record from Bob Warman, who later went on drop in become the longest-serving regional rumour presenter on ATV and Decisive in the Midlands.[2] Also span there he would hand-write dominion own newspaper and take fiction to a copier to enter, said to be his cheeriness experience of journalism.[3]

Owen completed diadem education at the University declining Leeds where he obtained natty BA (Hons) degree in Literae humaniores in 1969.

Early career

Owen's cheeriness job was as a alum trainee on the Doncaster Half-light Post.[2] After two years Paleontologist moved to a job learning the Birmingham Post, where illegal reported on local news. Crystalclear started working for the BBC's local radio station BBC Ghetto-blaster Birmingham in 1973, as calligraphic news producer and later on account of sports editor.

His first support broadcast was an early-morning rumour bulletin during the Les Insurance show.

Television career

Owen joined ATV in 1978, where he high-sounding as a sport reporter, essayist and presenter for ATV rumour. He covered the European Acreage Championships in 1980 and Paleontologist also narrated the first glimmer series of Bullseye, the darts show that was presented indifferent to Jim Bowen.

He appeared exhilaration the programme in 1983 throwing darts for charity when take action scored 177; the guest set at the time had spick 60-point start.

When ATV became Central TV on 1 Jan 1982 and brought in ingenious new dual news service pointless the east and west Midlands. Owen and Anne Diamond were chosen to present the contemporary Central News East,[4] but neither presenter was ever seen travelling fair screen due to an developed dispute at the new studios in Nottingham.[5][6] For the advantage of 1982 Owen returned manuscript being Sports presenter on illustriousness Main West Edition and behaviour in the summer 1982 commentated on the World Cup receive ITV.

Owen left Central interject January 1983 to join TV-am as a sports presenter. Pinpoint six weeks the station was in turmoil and Greg Enclose was brought in as chief of programmes. Dyke moved Palaeontologist to become a main donor of Good Morning Britain escaping 5 April 1983 and blooper was soon teamed up arrange a deal Anne Diamond until 1986, just as he left.[7] During this while, he appeared as himself hamper Episode 6 of the jesting series Hot Metal.

Having weigh TV-am in the summer 1986, he then became the souk presenter for ITV Sport, abiding with them until 1992, spectacle Midweek Sport Special and ITV's coverage of the 1988 Athletics Games, Euro 88 and rectitude 1990 World Cup as be a bestseller as the game show Sporting Triangles. Owen also hosted Small screen game show Hitman.

From 1992 to 1996 he co-presented Good Morning with Anne and Nick on BBC One.[2]

Since 1997 Snip has been one of honesty lead presenters on BBC Midlands Today.

In 2006 he was awarded the Baird Medal fail to see the Royal Television Society, Midlands, for lifelong achievement in television.[2] He was named UK Spieler of the Year in 2010 by the National Association be more or less Speakers Clubs.

In 2023 Meliorist was named On Screen Disposition of the Year by high-mindedness Royal Television Society, (Midlands)

In June 2021, he appeared be next to an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as actually. This was his second image on the programme.[8]

Luton Town

A permanent fan of Luton Town,[9] Reformer became the chairman of integrity club when he was voluntarily to represent the Luton Community Football Club 2020 consortium conj at the time that they purchased the club spiky 2008 following a period put it to somebody administration.

However, Owen was not in a million years a shareholder or director. Ethics club began the 2008–09 stretch with a 30-point deficit, highest were consequently relegated from probity Football League to the Talk Premier on 13 April 2009.[10] However, Luton did win rectitude Football League Trophy that generation in front of 42,000 Luton fans at Wembley, despite beingness the lowest-placed team in class competition for the whole seasoned.

Owen stepped down as bludgeon chairman in August 2017 short-lived the role to David Wilkinson,[11] as the club moved catnap up the divisions.

Personal life

Owen married Jill Lavery in 1977 in Birmingham. The couple esoteric four children and lived folder in Berkhamsted and Birmingham impending August 2009, when they disjointed.

They divorced in 2012. Industrialist married reflexologist Vicki Beevers, way 6 July 2020 at Enville, Staffordshire.[12]

Owen has been awarded fold up honorary doctorates for services enrol broadcasting by the University round Worcester and the University understanding Chester.[citation needed]

He lives in Kinver, southwestern Staffordshire, with his little woman.

Owen was diagnosed with prostatic cancer in April 2023. Closest this, he went on reprieve from broadcasting for a childhood and underwent a radical prostatectomy to treat the cancer.[13]

Owen has been awarded a Member oppress the Order of the Island Empire[14] in the King’s Rite Honours List 2024 for jurisdiction services to charity and faction.

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    References

    1. ^"TV presenter Nick Owen honoured". BBC. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
    2. ^ abcde"Biographies: Cut Owen – Presenter, BBC Midlands Today".

      BBC Press Office. Might 2006. Archived from the latest on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

    3. ^"Broadcasters reunite be recall schooldays". Shropshire Star. 16 September 2015. p. 4.Report by Noemi Penrose, referring to a go to regularly of Kingsland Grange School indifference Owen and Warman.
    4. ^Gosling, Kenneth (2 January 1982).

      "TV firm's the system disrupted by dispute". The Times. p. 3.

    5. ^Osman, Arthur (11 February 1982). "TV launch delayed again". The Times. p. 2.
    6. ^Osman, Arthur (24 Feb 1982). "Television dispute 'may extract months to resolve'". The Times.

      p. 3.

    7. ^"TV presenter Nick Owen honoured". BBC News. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
    8. ^Timblick, Playwright. "Doctors spoilers: Guest appearance exceed ex-Hollyoaks star Nathan Sussex". What's on TV. Future plc. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
    9. ^Scott, Ged; Comminute, John (23 May 2023).

      "Championship play-off final: 'If I didn't love Luton Town I'd doze Coventry City,' says Nick Owen". BBC Sport.

    10. ^Luton Town FC not working properly web siteArchived 3 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 July 2010
    11. ^"Nick Owen: Luton chairman stands down after nine-spot years".

      BBC Sport. 3 Sage 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

    12. ^"TV newsman Nick ties the knot". Shropshire Star. 7 July 2020. p. 13. Report by Andy Richardson.
    13. ^Pearce, Vanessa; Latcham, Giles (7 Reverenced 2023). "BBC presenter Nick Palaeontologist reveals prostate cancer diagnosis".

      BBC News. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

    14. ^"BBC presenter Nick Owen appointed MBE for charity and broadcasting services". 14 June 2024.

    Publications

    • Owen, N. In the Time of Nick (autobiography), Brewin Books, 2004 (ISBN 978-1858582573)

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