Nicholas Owen

Nicholas Owen started his journalistic career in newspapers before switching to TV in 1981 with BBC North, moving in 1984 to Ch4 News Business and Economics Correspondent. During the first Gulf War, he also presented the highly acclaimed Midnight Special Programmes, then went on to be ITV’s Royal Correspondent up until 2000.

During that time he reported on the death of Princess Diana and subsequently wrote a book on her life entitled Diana – The People’s Princess.

He has also written 3 other books on his love of railways and his autobiography published in 2012.

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More About Nicholas Owen

In 2007 Nicholas Owen returned to the BBC on the BBC News Channel, as well as being the main relief presenter for the BBC Weekend News on BBC One.

He also has a radio programme on Classic FM and contributes to a number of TV and radio programmes.

Away from the media spotlight, since the 1980s he has been a supporter of the charities Cancer Research and ActionAid engaging in various fundraising events.He is Ambassador of The Children’s Trust, for children with brain injury. Patron of Dyscover Ltd a Surrey-based charity for people following stroke or brain injury.

Nicholas Owen Corporate Work:

Nicholas Owen undertakes a wide range of corporate work, which includes hosting major industry and medical conferences, seminars and award ceremonies; chairing question time sessions, debates and media briefings, as well as giving after dinner – and lunchtime – speeches.Recent bookings have included:

Hosting the launch of the new one pound coin for the Royal Mint with the Queen’s new portrait
Chairing the National Rail Conference for many years featuring panel discussions and audience participation with figures from the industry, the Government, and the Secretary of State for Transport
Host and present Staff Awards for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
Hosting the Royal Television Society’s North of England Awards (the biggest outside London) for many years
Chairing question and answer sessions on the future of oncology medicine for Pfizer Ltd
Chairing an international environmental conference at the Natural History Museum
Chairing question and answer sessions at successive Police Federation conferences
Chairing a BT workshop session involving other leading FTSE 100 firms
Hosting a major international television conference at the Palais de Congress in Paris, attended by TV executives worldwide, both in the audience and via video links
Chairing business sessions for Motorola Inc aboard a five-day cruise for CEOs worldwide
Facilitating and presenting international medical seminars including the European Society of Cardiologists and the European Haematology Association.

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Testimonials

“I just wanted to say a huge thank you once again, for holding us all together so successfully today. You were a resounding success and we all agree we simply couldn’t have done it without you.”

– Royal Mint

“Thank you SO MUCH for all your hard work last night. You were a total star – kept everything moving, managed the rather noisy crowd extremely well and entertained us non-stop!”

– Highways Excellence Awards

“Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the Conference. Your contribution was just what we wanted and helped to make the meeting a great success for all attendees. Thank you once again.”

– Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology

“It was absolutely fantastic thank you! The evening was a great success. Please pass on our thanks to Nicholas. He did a wonderful job and I kept having people come up and tell me what a good choice he was, including our directors who were very pleased. He was a delight to work with and we were very happy he agreed to be our host for the evening.”

– Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust