Nick Owen
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Owen talks to Luton Town supporters before a match at Kenilworth Road in 2014
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| Born |
Nicholas Corbishley Owen 1 November 1947 Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, newsreader |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Employer | BBC |
| Television | Good Morning with Anne and Nick (1992–96) Midlands Today (1997–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Jill Lavery (m. 1977–2009) (Divorced) |
| Partner(s) | Vicki Beevers |
| Children | Four |
Nicholas "Nick" Corbishley Owen (born 1 November 1947) is an English television presenter and newsreader, best known for presenting the breakfast television programme TV-am and the BBC's local news show Midlands Today since 1997. He is also the current chairman of Luton Town Football Club.
Owen was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, to father Bertie, a headmaster and Dunkirk veteran, and mother Esme (née Burton), a music teacher. He attended Kingsland Grange prep school, an independent boarding school in Shrewsbury which has since been renamed Shrewsbury High Prep School, between the ages of 7 and 13, then Shrewsbury School between the ages of 13 and 18. While at Kingsland Grange, Owen borrowed a Cliff Richard record from Bob Warman, who later went on to become the longest-serving regional news presenter on ATV and Central in the Midlands. Also while there he would hand-write his own newspaper and take it to a copier to print, said to be his first experience of journalism.
Owen completed his education at the University of Leeds where he obtained a BA (Hons) degree in Classics in 1970.
Owen's first job was as a graduate trainee on the Doncaster Evening Post. After two years Owen moved to a job at the Birmingham Post, where he reported local news. He started working for the BBC's local radio station Radio Birmingham in 1973, as a news producer and later as Sports Editor. His first live broadcast was an early-morning news bulletin during the Les Ross show.
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