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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maira Butt

BBC presenter Nick Owen says cancer diagnosis was ‘worst day of my life’

BBC presenter Nick Owen has reflected on his cancer diagnosis calling it “the worst day of my life”.

The 77-year-old news host revealed that he was diagnosed with “aggressive” and “extensive” prostate cancer in August 2023, and broke down in tears during a television interview on BBC Midlands Today about the diagnosis.

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