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Seb
He is one of the more senior correspondent and also a 'special correspondent', so that is why he is wheeled out for these sorts of things!
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CyberCD
gilsta posted:
I'm not suggesting we go American and have Flood Correspondents but it just seems odd to me to have only one correspondent deemed important enough to be the bearer of big news, and one who I must say rarely adds much to the story.


I disagree strongly. Gavin Hewitt is, along with Matt Frei, one of the best creators of TV News packages in the business. He might not be doing the camerawork, but he creates far more imagery than your usual reporter through his script. He's got gravitas and creativity and I always sit up and listen when one of his reports come on.
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gilsta
I admit I chose the wrong words there, what I meant to say was due to what I feel is overexposure to his style it has become a tad predictable, in a similair fashion to Mark Austin's "it started as any other happy day" intros on ITV News. Having Ben Brown or another senior correspondant in the field would add a bit more variety.
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AdamP
Looks as though Nicholas Owen will be presenting the Six with Natasha tonight.
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Newsroom
YAY!!!!!!!!!!! About time!!!
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calum141
Haha - pretty good to see him on National. Doesn't suit though, it's like dad and daughter presenting.
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DVB Cornwall
Respect for a professional ... and none of this namby pamby standing up either.
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TVN
Impressive so far... I hope this is a regular occurance (and hopefully they will put him on with someone better than Natasha soon).
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jrothwell97
Put someone like George or Dermot or BIG MOIRA on with him and it'd be a fantastic pairing. Nick Owen eclipses Kerplunksky magnificently.

And about time he was on the Six .
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Davidjb Founding member
So in the West Midlands is it the 6 o'clock News with Nick Owen & Midlands Today with Nick Owen?
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Jamesypoo
No - it's the Six O'Clock News followed in half an hour by Midlands Today with Nick Owen like it is every day.
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calum141
jrothwell97 posted:
Put someone like George or Dermot or BIG MOIRA on with him and it'd be a fantastic pairing. Nick Owen eclipses Kerplunksky magnificently.

And about time he was on the Six .


I presume its just cause there is not many staff around atm - George is away for the majority of August so should be relief presenters on.

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