Nick Owen, an English television presenter and newsreader, participated in Romany Wood to do what?
Romany Wood Romany Wood is a 40 minute musical work for children's voices, narrator and orchestra. It is a unique work that was written to connect children with classical music and to raise money for charity. There have been over a hundred performances, including two Royal Charity Gala concerts: for Prince Edward to open the new Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury and for the Duchess of Cornwall to raise money for the National Osteoporosis Society at a performance at the Birmingham Royal Ballet School. There has also been a Classic fm broadcast, excerpts of which have been performed on BBC Songs of Praise. Personalities involved in compering or narrating in performances include Michael Maloney, Jasper Carrott, Adrian Chiles, Alan Titchmarsh, Timothy West, Richard Stilgoe and Nick Owen.
Nick Thorpe Nick Thorpe (born February 1960) is the Central Europe Correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24-hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC's domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service. He is based in Budapest and has over 25 years' experience of reporting for the BBC and United Kingdom newspapers, becoming BBC Budapest Correspondent in 1986. He became BBC Central Europe Correspondent in 1996.