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Nicholas Owen dancing with Nicole Culter
Nicholas Owen (born 10 February 1947) is an English television news journalist and presenter working for the BBC.
Nicholas began his journalistic career on the Surrey Mirror in 1964. After that he moved to Fleet Street in 1968. He also worked for the Evening Standard and the Daily Telegraph. After that he worked for the Financial Times for seven years.
Owen is married to newspaper reporter Brenda and has four children - a son and a daughter. He has a stepson and a stepdaughter - and two grandchildren.
Nicholas Owen in Series Four
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Nicholas Owen (BBC Profile)
Journalist and ITV news presenter Nicholas Owen agreed to take part in Strictly Come Dancing because he loves a challenge.
He has also always harboured a dream of learning to tap dance and hopes this will be the springboard to taking it up: "Having said that, I may get to the end and never want to see a dancefloor again!"
Nicholas' past dancing experience comes from panto and dancing with his wife, Brenda, who he describes as a brilliant dancer.
However, he claims he has managed to fool people into thinking he can dance by "riding the wave of my wife's dancing ability!"
Unfazed by the judges, Nicholas claims his biggest fear is making a fool of himself and he has no ambition to win: "I haven't got a competitive bone in my body!
"I have no expectations of hanging on after the first show – being there for the first one and the last one, when we can all have a jolly good knees-up, is enough for me."
Nicholas Owen presents the ITV Lunchtime News. His previous roles at ITN include anchoring Channel 4 News and News at Ten.
From 1994 to 2000 Nicholas was Royal Correspondent for ITV News.
Nicholas began his journalistic career on the Surrey Mirror in 1964 before moving to Fleet Street in 1968.
He worked for the Evening Standard and the Daily Telegraph before spending seven years with the Financial Times.
In 1981 Nicholas joined the BBC in the North of England, working on regional and national news and current affairs programmes. He moved to ITN in 1984.
Nicholas lives in Surrey with his wife and they have four children.
Nicholas Owen dancing with Nicole Culter in Series Four
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Nicole Culter
Fun-loving South African Nicole is a Latin American specialist. After splitting up with dance partner and ex-husband, Matthew Cutler, in 2003, Nicole partnered Robin Sewell from June 2005 to June 2006, when they were runners-up in the closed British Championships and ranked second in England.
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