Lowe was educated at Haileybury College and at Brasenose College, Oxford.

Career

After graduation in 1972, Lowe intended to train as a teacher. He joined the BBC on the same day as Jeremy Paxman under the graduate journalist programme. He was a political correspondent at Westminster. He spent time in Northern Ireland during the worst of the Troubles, and then as far afield as Ethiopia and Argentina.

From the mid-1990s he was a newsreader on BBC One bulletins. He later became a frequent presenter on radio programmes such as PM. He then presented on the BBC News Channel on Fridays between 7pm and 10pm, and Saturdays and Sundays between 7pm and 12 midnight. His co-presenter was Annita McVeigh; he previously worked with Joanna Gosling.

Lowe was replaced in April 2009 by the BBC's European correspondent Clive Myrie.

Personal life

Married, he lived in Ealing, west London. Both his son and daughter work as sports presenters, with daughter Rebecca Lowe working for ESPN UK.

A life long Crystal Palace supporter, Lowe is a member of the General Committee of Middlesex County Cricket Club, and chairs both its membership sub-committee and Dining Club. He chairs regular forums for both The Cricket Society, and appointed as a vice-president in 2006.