Beloved Aussie TV and radio host Tim Bowden dead at 87

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Beloved Aussie TV and radio host Tim Bowden dead at 87
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Former ABC presenter Tim Bowden has died aged 87. The broadcaster, who died in his sleep on Sunday, was a fixture of Australian TV over many decades, hosting various shows on the national broadcaster, including the long-running audience favourite Backchat. Outgoing ABC managing director David Anderson led tributes in a statement. “ a storyteller whose curiosity for the world around him was valued by so many of our audiences,” he said.

“Our condolences go to Tim’s family and many friends and colleagues,” Anderson said. The Hobart-born journalist graduated from university before moving to London to work with the BBC as a radio interviewer and producer in 1960, returning three years later and joining the ABC. Bowden moved into the ABC’s radio Drama and Features department in 1975 and began creating documentaries.

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