Nick
Owen was born in 1947 and educated at Shrewsbury School.He
was awarded a B.A. (Honours) in Classics at Leeds University.
His career
in journalism started on the Doncaster Evening Post. Nick
then worked on the Birmingham Post, and what was BBC Radio
Birmingham, before joining ATV Network’s sports department
- covering the World Cup in 1982.
When Central
won the Independent Television franchise in the Midlands,
Nick became a general presenter and teamed up with Anne Diamond
for the first time.
In 1983
he joined TV AM as sports presenter, but took over the main
presenting role within eight weeks.He
renewed his partnership with Anne Diamond, and they presented
the main programme together until late 1986.
Nick then
joined ITV Sport as presenter of their flagship programme
Midweek Sport Special. He
also hosted Olympic and World Cup coverage as well as a variety
of other sports programmes, including athletics and boxing.
He then
went on to anchor the game shows Sporting Triangles and Hitman,
as well as presenting all ITV’s Royal Premieres between 1986
and 1992.
He moved
to BBC to co-present Good Morning With Anne and Nick on BBC-1
from 1992 until May 1996.
Among
the other programmes he’s fronted are a quiz show for Carlton
Television, a live weekly variety show for West Country Television,
a live auction of Beatles’ memorabilia on satellite channels
worldwide, and the BBC’s Gardener’s World Live.
Nick is
married to Jill, who’s a nurse, and they have four children.
In his
spare time he’s a self-confessed football and cricket fanatic
and he plays squash.
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