Nick Owen opened the TV Studio at Coventry University. Photographed by Dean O'Brien
Last week’s Coventry Conversation hosted BBC Midlands’ main presenter, Nick Owen, where students had a lot to draw from his 32 years of screen experience.
With an impressive career, starting from ITV where he had the once in a life time chance to anchor the Olympic Games in 1988, World Cup in 1990 and many other sports events around the world, one would expect Owen to be used to the thrill and nervousness right before going on air. “You still get keyed up when you concentrate like hell when you’re about to go on air, but I’ve had lots of variety so I’m very lucky with that’’, he explained to the audience.
An important topic touched upon during the conversation was BBC’s plan to make all regional programs just the same as the national ones, making it that way impossible for the programs to be distinctive of one another. “The branding is seen as a very important part of it. Even the lightest stories, which sometimes people enjoy more, are being semi pushed aside. I think that’s a pity but that’s the way it is.” Writes Natasha De Silva…
