Education
Nik Gowing was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by the University of Bristol.
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Nik Gowing was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by the University of Bristol.
A foreign affairs specialist and presenter at ITN from 1978, Gowing became Diplomatic Editor for the flagship Channel 4 News from 1989. During his time with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Gowing has since presented The World Today (1996–2000), Europe Direct, HARDtalk, Dateline London, as well as Simpson"s World. At the time of the death of Princess Diana in 1997, Gowing anchored coverage for over seven hours, reportedly only having had 40 minutes sleep before being driven back to Television Centre to present.
British Broadcasting Corporation World was being simulcast for the first ever time with the British Broadcasting Corporation domestic channel British Broadcasting Corporation One, making up a global audience of around half a billion, to whom he announced her death. in April 2014 he announced he would be semi-retiring from British Broadcasting Corporation. But, will still present special events and relief.
Nik Gowing is the son of Professor Margaret Gowing, author of the two volume work Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945-1952, who died in 1998. After attending grammar schools in London and Canterbury, Gowing read geography at the University of Bristol.
At university, he worked on local radio. He then joined Thomson Regional Newspapers in Newcastle.
He is also a Member of Council of the Royal United Services Institute.