Jamie Owen (born 1967) is a Welsh radio and television presenter
Biography
Owen was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and lived in the nearby town of Pembroke Dock. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Haverfordwest (Hwlffordd is the County town of Pembrokeshire, in south-west Wales. Geography Pembrokeshire is a maritime County, bordered by the sea on three sides by Ceredigion (Cardiganshire to the northeast and by Pembroke Dock ( Doc Penfro) is a Town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, lying north of Pembroke on the River He spent some of his childhood delivering election material for Lord Gordon Parry of Neyland, to whom he gave a moving tribute in 2004. Gordon Samuel David Parry (usually Lord Gordon Parry) ( 30 November 1925 &ndash 1 September 2004) He was educated at Christ College, Brecon and studied journalism at Cardiff University. Christ College Brecon is a Co-educational independent boarding and day school located in the market town of Brecon, mid Wales Cardiff University (Prifysgol Caerdydd is a leading University located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Owen joined the BBC in 1986 and worked on BBC Radio 4 as a newsreader and announcer. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) He has been a main presenter on BBC Wales's flagship news programme, BBC Wales Today since 1994 as well as presenting a radio show on BBC Radio Wales. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) He has also presented Songs Of Praise, BBC Breakfast News and BBC Radio 4's Shipping Forecast. Songs of Praise is a BBC television programme based around traditional Christian Hymns With an average of nearly 3 million viewers weekly it
Owen is also a talented author with three books published by Gomer: "Magic Islands", "Magic Harbours" and "Welsh Journeys". These were filmed for the BBC and transmitted in 2002, 2003 and 2005 respectively, all now available on DVD. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is A second series of "Welsh Journeys" began on 31st October 2006. A book of the series was published on 21st November 2006.
Away from the BBC, Jamie has co-founded Aspect Television, one of Wales' largest independent programme makers for the BBC. Their most recent work has included "What Ron Said'"’, shown on BBC One and "So What Do You Do All Day"'’, a business series shown on BBC Two.
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