![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tv-legend-nick-owen-being-treated-for-extensive-and-aggressive-prostate-cancer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3_Screenshot-2023-08-07-at-154443.jpg&description=TV host Nick Owen has revealed to the BBC that he has endured a 'grim time' since receiving biopsy results on April 13 this year which confirmed he has aggressive prostate cancer TV host Nick Owen has revealed he has been treated for "extensive and aggressive" prostate cancer. The 75-year-old will be best known to many TV viewers for working on TV-AM in the 80s where he co-hosted the show with Anne Diamond. The pair then reunited for hit series Good Morning with Anne and Nick on BBC One from 1992 to 1996. Speaking for the first time about his cancer, he said it had been a "grim" time since receiving biopsy results on April 13 this year. Since 1997 he has co-presented BBC Midlands Today as one of the lead presenters, but has been absent in recent weeks after doctors discovered the disease. Speaking on BBC Midlands Today he said: 'I went to a specialist, he wasn't too worried because my figures weren't that high. 'But he decided I ought to have a scan and then the scan said there was something dodgy going on. And then he sent me for a biopsy which he did. And the results of that were the killer. On April the 13th, a date which will forever be imprinted on my mind. 'He told us that it was extensive really and aggressive, and I had prostate cancer full-on, and something needed to be done pretty fast. And that was probably the worst day of my life, or certainly one of them. It was a very grim moment, driving home after that sort of news and ringing people, texting people, my phone went crazy for hours on end. And it was a very, very difficult time for me, and indeed for my wife Vicki who was by my side all the time through this, you know. It was grim.' Owen married his second wife reflexologist Vicki Beevers, in July 2020. A BBC spokesperson said: 'Nick has been one of the faces of Midlands Today for more than 25 years. Our viewers and his colleagues have missed him dearly in recent weeks. "We can't wait to welcome him back to the studio as soon as he's ready. We all wis){kind=link}
TV host Nick Owen has revealed to the BBC that he has endured a ‘grim time’ since receiving biopsy results on April 13 this year which confirmed he has aggressive prostate cancer
TV host Nick Owen has revealed he has been treated for “extensive and aggressive” prostate cancer.
The 75-year-old will be best known to many TV viewers for working on TV-AM in the 80s where he co-hosted the show with Anne Diamond. The pair then reunited for hit series Good Morning with Anne and Nick on BBC One from 1992 to 1996.
Speaking for the first time about his cancer, he said it had been a “grim” time since receiving biopsy results on April 13 this year. Since 1997 he has co-presented BBC Midlands Today as one of the lead presenters, but has been absent in recent weeks after doctors discovered the disease.
Speaking on BBC Midlands Today he said: “I went to a specialist, he wasn’t too worried because my figures weren’t that high. “But he decided I ought to have a scan and then the scan said there was something dodgy going on. And then he sent me for a biopsy which he did. And the results of that were the killer. On April the 13th, a date which will forever be imprinted on my mind.