Jeremy Bowen

Jeremy Bowen is the BBC’s long-serving and widely-respected Middle East Editor. He provides reports, commentary and analysis on events in the region. As a seasoned war and foreign correspondent, Jeremy has reported from more than 70 countries, covering conflicts in the Gulf, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya and Rwanda for over three decades. He’s been shot at by tanks, robbed at gunpoint by bandits, and been at the scene of explosions, natural disasters and peace conferences. He looks at the motivation of the war correspondent, how the media represent complex issues, and also the light side of broadcasting in the midst of conflict.

Jeremy joined the BBC in 1984 and has been a foreign correspondent since 1987. He has covered most of the big world stories since, reporting from over seventy countries. Jeremy has presented BBC Breakfast and has also fronted a number of landmark documentaries for the BBC. He is currently the BBC's Middle East Editor.

Jeremy was born in Cardiff and educated at Cardiff High School, and at university in London, Bologna and Washington DC. He joined the BBC in 1984. Since 1987 Jeremy has been a foreign correspondent, except for a couple of years (2000-2002) when he presented Breakfast on BBC One. He also presented a number of landmark documentaries and series for BBC One.

He has had some part in the coverage of most of the big world stories in the last 22 years or so, reporting from 70 or 80 countries and has been to around 14 wars. In his current job as BBC Middle East Editor, he lives in London and travels to the region a couple of times a month.

Jeremy has won a number of journalism prizes and has published two books. He specialises in presenting and motivational speaking.