Ben Brown

Ben Brown may refer to:

  • Ben Brown (blogger) (born 1978), blogger, publisher, and website author
  • Ben Brown (cricketer) (born 1988), English cricketer
  • Ben Brown (journalist) (born 1960), BBC News journalist
  • Ben Brown (kayaker & vlogger), British kayaker in Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon
  • Ben Brown (playwright), British playwright
  • Ben Brown (actor), played Kirk South in Shortland Street
  • Ben Brown (footballer), (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
  • Ben Brown, ex-bass player for Poison the Well
  • See also

  • Benjamin Brown (disambiguation)
  • Ben Brown (journalist)

    Ben Brown (born 26 May 1960) is a journalist and news presenter for the BBC's rolling news channel BBC News. He has also presented the BBC News at Six and the BBC News at Ten and is currently an occasional presenter on the BBC Weekend News on BBC One. He also appears on the BBC News at Five, and BBC World News.

    Early life

    Born in Kent, the son of the ITN newscaster Antony Brown, Ben Brown was educated at the Sutton Valence School, an Independent school. During high school, Brown was on the debate team, and took second place in the national debating championships. He won an Open Scholarship to Keble College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics, before graduating from the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies with a diploma with distinction. He joined Radio Clyde in Glasgow as a reporter, and later became a reporter for Radio City in Liverpool.

    Career

    Reporting

    In 1986, Ben joined Independent Radio News, covering major stories from superpower summits to the Hungerford massacre. He joined BBC TV News two years later and was a Foreign Affairs Correspondent until 1991, reporting the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Persian Gulf war, from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

    Ben Brown (footballer)

    Ben Brown (born 20 November 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Brown made his debut in Round 14, 2014 against Melbourne. Brown kicked a goal in his first game and impressed coach Brad Scott enough to keep his spot the following week. Brown went on to be an influential player in the North Melbourne team in the latter stages of the season with strong performances in the finals series.

    Brown is the grandson of footballer and politician Jim Manson and nephew of former Collingwood player James Manson.

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    The Daily Mail 25 Mar 2025
    Goodwin, on the advice of his then 12-year-old son, decided to bring Ben Brown back into the team for the following game ... 'Next week, I better do what Eddie said and put Ben Brown in and I think we won six of the next seven on the way home.'.
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