BBC presenter Nick Owen shares emotional cancer update after 'worst day of life'

BBC presenter has shared an emotional update on his battle with . The former TV-am host, 77, has opened up on the "worst day of his life" as he looks forward to being "cancer free".

Nick confirmed he was battling "extensive" and "aggressive" prostate cancer in August 2023. He issued the update four months after being diagnosed in the April. Speaking to about the day that he received the devastating diagnosis, Nick admitted: "It was possibly the worst day of my life. But I'm still thriving, I'm still grateful. I'm feeling pretty well and glad to be where I am now. Hopefully I'm cancer free. I'm a lucky boy."

The Midlands presenter previously shared that he didn't have any symptoms, however a blood test revealed slightly elevated prostrate-specific antigen (PSA) results and his GP insisted he saw a specialist which led to diagnosis and surgery.

He told One's Midlands Today: "I went to a specialist, he wasn't too worried because my figures weren't that high. But he decided I ought to have a scan, and then the scan said there's something dodgy going on, and then he sent me for a biopsy, which he did.

"And the results of that were the killer - on April the 13th, a date [which] will forever be imprinted on my mind. He told us that it was extensive, really, and aggressive, and I had prostate cancer full-on, and something needed to be done pretty fast. And that was probably the worst day of my life, or certainly one of them."

He added: "It was a very grim moment... driving home after that sort of news and ringing people, texting people, my phone went crazy for hours on end. And it was a very, very difficult time for me, and indeed for my wife Vicki, who was by my side all the time through this, you know."

Since going public about his illness, Nick has said that "hundreds" of men have reached out to him, saying that he had encouraged them to get tested and in some cases has helped catch their cancers early.

"Every week someone is writing to me to say hearing my story made them get a PSA test, they were diagnosed and having the operation," he shared. "It's constant. It's happened hundreds of times. It's breathtaking and emotional. I'm glad some good has come out of this. It's vital that people get tested."