Nick Dixon is a Scottish

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and former

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, best known for his roles on ITV Breakfast programmes ''

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'', '' Daybreak'' and '' Good Morning Britain''. In 2005, Dixon joined breakfast programme ''GMTV'' as a news correspondent and a stand-in news presenter on the programme. When ''

'' closed in 2010, he was transferred to the show's successor ''Daybreak'' where he worked as their

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correspondent. He is now based in

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working as a News Correspondent for the current ITV Breakfast show '' Good Morning Britain''.

Career

Nick Dixon left school at the age of 16 and went to work for

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delivering the mail. In 1991, Dixon started as a copy boy in the newsroom of BBC Radio Scotland, moving onto typing up stories from reporters and correspondents and helping out on location. Dixon joined

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in Glasgow as a Production Assistant in 1993 and in the same year worked as a researcher on the

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quiz show ''Catchword''. Dixon started with

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( STV) as a Promotions Director in 1995. 1999 marked the beginning of Dixon's time with Scottish Television's flagship news programme '' Scotland Today'', starting as a production journalist. Dixon reported on news items such as the Maryhill gas explosion, the Tsunami appeal, the opening of the

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and the

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. Dixon has also produced and presented a documentary on STV entitled ''Archie McLean: The Forgotten Father of Brazilian Football''. Moving to London in July 2005, Dixon joined ''GMTV'' as a news producer. He was promoted to reporter in November 2005 and during his first week on the job reported live from the Paris riots on the Champs-Élysées. Dixon reported live from

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on David Blaine's world record attempt in May 2006. He was also a relief newsreader on GMTV. In September 2010, Dixon transferred to ITV Breakfast programme ''Daybreak'' as New York correspondent. From July 2011 until April 2014, he was a Features correspondent, based in

. In April 2014, ''Daybreak'' was axed to make way for a new ITV Breakfast programme called '' Good Morning Britain'' for which Dixon is a news correspondent."About Nick Dixon"

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. 28 Apr 2014

Filmography

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