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Nicholas Owen signs to 主播大秀 News 24
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主播大秀 News is pleased to announce that Nicholas Owen, one of television's most
experienced news presenters and journalists, has signed to 主播大秀 News 24 as a
presenter.
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He has anchored all of ITN's major bulletins for over 10 years including their
daily lunchtime bulletin, the News at Ten and the Channel Four News.
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Before that he was Royal Correspondent for ITV News and played a major role in
reporting the death and funeral of Princess Diana.
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He began his broadcasting career in 1981 at the 主播大秀 as a reporter in the North
of England.
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Nicholas Owen said: "It seems the right moment to go for new challenges - and I look forward to
plenty of those, joining the line-up of presenters who have helped make 主播大秀
News 24 the country's leading news channel."
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Kevin Bakhurst, Controller of 主播大秀 News 24, said:
"I'm delighted that Nicholas is joining News 24.
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"He is one of the most
respected and experienced presenters in the business and will bring a real
charm and depth of experience to the channel.
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"He is joining a tremendously strong line-up of presenters and correspondents
and I'm sure he will help to build on News 24's position as the UK's most
watched news channel."
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Nicholas Owen takes up his post at 主播大秀 News 24 in early 2007.
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Notes to Editors
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For well over a decade Nicholas Owen has hosted all ITN's major bulletins,
including the Channel Four News and News at Ten.
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He has also appeared in a wide
range of other TV and radio programmes, including 主播大秀 One's Strictly Come
Dancing in 2006.
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From 1994 to 2000 Nicholas 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, for which ITN won an Royal Television Society Award.
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He has been a regular contributor to ITN's Budget programmes, having joined ITN
as Channel Four News' Business and Economics Correspondent in 1984.
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He
presented ITV1's live hour-and-a-half Budget programme in 2004.
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During the first Gulf War Nicholas presented the highly-acclaimed Midnight
Special Programmes when they were launched on Channel Four.
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He also anchored
The Parliament Programme, Channel Four's first daytime political series.
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Nicholas began his journalistic career on the Surrey Mirror in 1964 before
moving to Fleet Street in 1968.
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He worked for the London Evening Standard and the
Daily Telegraph before spending seven years with the Financial Times.
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In 1981 Nicholas switched to television reporting, joining the 主播大秀 in the North
of England, covering general and industrial stories for both regional and national news and current affairs programmes.
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Nicholas Owen was born in 1947.
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He has a close interest in transport matters,
especially railways and light rail schemes. His publications include a history
of the British trolleybus.
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Nicholas also hosts many corporate and charity
events, and is an after dinner speaker.
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He is married to a newspaper
journalist, lives in Surrey, has four children and two grandchildren.
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