Chris Lowe (journalist)
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John Christopher Lowe (born Scotland 25 January 1949) is a widely respected BBC news presenter, currently with BBC News, the corporation's 24 hour rolling news channel. He presents Friday between 7pm and 10pm, and Saturday and Sunday between 7pm and 12 midnight. His co-presenter is Annita McVeigh, and he previously worked with Joanna Gosling.
He has wide ranging experience as a newsreader on the BBC One Network bulletins,which he used to present, and a panel chairman on radio programmes, such as PM, which he presented after leaving BBC One.
Lowe was educated at Haileybury College, a famous independent school near Hertford, about 20 miles from London, and at Brasenose College at the University of Oxford. He is a member of the General Committee of Middlesex County Cricket Club, and he also chairs its membership sub-committee and Dining Club. He chairs regular forums for both The Cricket Society and Middlesex County Cricket Club.
His daughter, Rebecca Lowe is a sports reporter and presenter for Setanta Sports. She previously worked at the BBC.
He was appointed as a vice-president of the Cricket Society in 2006.