Nick Dixon

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Dixon reporting on Daybreak from Times Square on 28 April 2011
Born
Nick Dixon

(1971-09-26) 26 September 1971 (age 53)
Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation(s) Correspondent, Journalist, Television producer
Years active2005-present
Television Good Morning Britain (2014—)
Daybreak (2010-14)
GMTV (2005-10)
Children1 (b. 2012)

Nick Dixon is a Scottish journalist, television presenter and former television producer, best known for his roles on ITV Breakfast programmes GMTV , Daybreak and Good Morning Britain . In 2005, Dixon joined breakfast programme GMTV as a news correspondent and a stand-in news presenter on the programme. When GMTV closed in 2010, he was transferred to the show's successor Daybreak where he worked as their New York City correspondent. He is now based in London working as a News Correspondent for the current ITV Breakfast show Good Morning Britain .

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Career

Nick Dixon left school at the age of 16 and went to work for BBC Scotland delivering the mail.[ citation needed ]

In 1991, Dixon started as a copy boy in the newsroom of BBC Radio Scotland, moving onto typing up stories from reporters and correspondents and helping out on location.[ citation needed ]

Dixon joined Radio Clyde in Glasgow as a Production Assistant in 1993 and in the same year worked as a researcher on the BBC quiz show Catchword.[ citation needed ]

Dixon started with Scottish Television (STV) as a Promotions Director in 1995.

1999 marked the beginning of Dixon's time with Scottish Television's flagship news programme Scotland Today , starting as a production journalist. Dixon reported on news items such as the Maryhill gas explosion, the Tsunami appeal, the opening of the Scottish Parliament and the Edinburgh Festival.[ citation needed ]

Dixon has also produced and presented a documentary on STV entitled Archie McLean: The Forgotten Father of Brazilian Football.[ citation needed ]

Moving to London in July 2005, Dixon joined GMTV as a news producer. He was promoted to reporter in November 2005 and during his first week on the job reported live from the Paris riots on the Champs-Élysées. Dixon reported live from Times Square, New York City on David Blaine's world record attempt in May 2006. He was also a relief newsreader on GMTV.[ citation needed ]

In September 2010, Dixon transferred to ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak as New York correspondent. From July 2011 until April 2014, he was a Features correspondent, based in London. In April 2014, Daybreak was axed to make way for a new ITV Breakfast programme called Good Morning Britain for which Dixon is a news correspondent. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesReference(s)
1999-2005 Scotland Today News presenterStand-in news presenter on 28 April 2006 and 20 February 2007
2005-2010 GMTV News CorrespondentStand-in news presenter on 28 April 2006 and 20 February 2007 [2] [3]
2006Archie McLean: The Forgotten Father of Brazilian FootballNarrator and ProducerOne-off documentary for STV
2010-11 Daybreak New York CorrespondentReplaced by Lucy Watson in July 2011
2011-14News CorrespondentBased in London since 2011
2014— Good Morning Britain News CorrespondentMoved from Daybreak in April 2014

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