Former ABC presenter Tim Bowden Died at the age of 87.
The broadcaster, who died in his sleep on Sunday, was a regular on Australian TV. TV Over the decades, he has hosted a variety of shows on the national broadcaster, including long-time viewer favourite Backchat.
Outgoing ABC managing director David Anderson paid tribute in a statement.
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“(Tim) was a storyteller whose curiosity about the world around him was valued by many of our audiences,” he said.
“Tim was part of a generation of ABC journalists who brought those events and their meaning to Australian homes every night.”
Anderson said Bowden had been “part of the fabric of the ABC for decades”.
“He was generous to his colleagues and was known for his passion for journalism and the ABC, as well as his sense of humour.”
“Our thoughts are with Tim's family and his friends and colleagues,” Anderson said.
The Hobart-born journalist graduated from university and moved to London in 1960 to work as a radio interviewer and producer with the BBC, returning three years later and joining the ABC.
Bowden moved to the ABC's radio drama and features department in 1975 and began making documentaries.
He founded Radio National's Social History Unit, which produced radio programs based on oral history interviews with diverse Australians.
The journalist then presented programmes called Talking History and That's History in the 1980s.
However, Boden was best known for presenting the Backchat show from 1986 to 1994, during which he broadcast and answered viewer's letters.
In 1994 he was awarded the Order of Australia for services to public broadcasting.
