Nick owen biography

English television presenter and newsreader (born 1947)

For the BBC News journalist also born 1947, see Nicholas Owen (journalist).

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

Early life and education

Owen was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, to father Bertie, a headmaster and Dunkirk veteran, and mother Esme (née Burton), a music teacher. He was educated at Kingsland Grange Prep School, then Shrewsbury School between the ages of 7 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 Mid