Nik Gowing

Nik Gowing
Gowing at the World Economic Forum annual meeting, 2012.
Born	Nik Keith Gowing 1951 (age 65–66) United Kingdom
Education	University of Bristol
Occupation	News anchor of BBC
Notable credit(s)	The Hub "BBC World News"
Spouse(s)	Judy
Children	2
Relatives	Margaret Gowing (mother)

Nik Keith Gowing (born 1951) is a British television journalist.

Nik Gowing was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by the University of Bristol.

A foreign affairs specialist and presenter at ITN from 1978, Gowing became Diplomatic Editor for the flagship Channel 4 News from 1989. During his time with the BBC, Gowing has since presented The World Today (1996–2000), Europe Direct, HARDtalk, Dateline London, as well as Simpson's World.

At the time of the death of Princess Diana in 1997, Gowing anchored coverage for over seven hours, reportedly only having had 40 minutes sleep before being driven back to Television Centre to present.BBC World was being simulcast for the first ever time with the BBC domestic channel BBC One, making up a global audience of around half a billion, to whom he announced her death.

Gowing was on air for six hours during the BBC's coverage of the aftermath of the September 11th 2001 attacks, which led to the channel receiving the 2002 Hotbird Award.

He is also a Member of Council of the Royal United Services Institute. In April 2014 he announced he would be semi-retiring from BBC but will still present special events and relief.