Tributes are pouring in for a well-liked tv and radio veteran who has been remembered as one among ABC’s ‘pre-eminent journalists’.
Tim Bowden, who handed away in his sleep aged 87, is a well-known face to many Australians after a decades-long profession on the nationwide broadcaster.
After becoming a member of the ABC’s Radio Drama and Options Division in 1975, the profitable journalist started making documentaries.
Tim additionally went on to set-up Radio Nationwide’s Social Historical past Unit and was the presenter for the packages Speaking Historical past and That is Historical past within the mid-eighties.
Nevertheless it was the tv present Backchat which ran from 1986-1994 that Bowden turned finest identified for.
He hosted the present and it consisted of him answering letters from ABC viewers.
ABC managing director David Anderson led the outpouring of tributes.
‘(Tim was) a storyteller whose curiosity for the world round him was valued by so lots of our audiences,’ he mentioned.
Tim Bowden, who has handed away aged 87, had labored on the ABC for a number of a long time as a correspondent, radio host, producer and tv host. He additionally wrote a powerful 15 books
The daddy-of-two and grandfather-of-three (pictured) was acquainted to many Aussies after beginning on the ABC in 1963
‘Tim was a part of the era of ABC journalists who introduced these occasions and their that means into Australian houses each night time.’
Bowden’s demise sparked an outpouring of grief from followers and former colleagues throughout the nation.
Mike Carlton wrote on X that he was ‘deeply saddened’ to listen to the information about his ‘outdated mate’ and ‘colleague’.
‘Smart and witty, enormously good firm, an ideal journalist of the old-fashioned,’ he wrote.
ABC radio host Sabra Lane wrote: ‘Vale Tim Bowden – ABC Journalist, International correspondent, Backchat host. Additionally a Tasmanian treasure’.
Writer Daniel Finest mentioned: ‘Extremely unhappy to listen to. His e-book about Neil Davis, ‘One Crowded Hour’, is a masterpiece’.
‘I nonetheless revisit it now and again. Mr Bowden was a uncommon author, one who put the story first, and rightly so. Might he relaxation simple, and I am positive he is sharing fun with Neil,’ he mentioned.
One fan posted: ‘Completely gutted on the information of Tim Bowden passing. I am an enormous fan, and any episode of Backchat discovered is an efficient day for me’.
The animated opening to the favored ABC present Backchat, the place Tim Bowden was the host
Born in Hobart, the broadcaster graduated with an arts diploma earlier than working with the BBC‘s Basic Abroad Service in London between 1960-1962.
Bowden labored on the BBC with the Pacific Service as each a radio interviewer and producer.
He first joined the ABC in Tasmania on his return house from Europe in 1963, working in each radio and tv.
Bowden went on to develop into a correspondent in each Asia and North America within the turbulent mid-to-late-60s, explaining occasions to Australians that have been impacting the area.
The journalist then went again into producing and have become the primary government producer of PM, a present affairs program on ABC radio in 1969.
Bowden additionally did ‘wonderful’ documentaries concerning the Australian analysis going down within the Antarctic – and the footage filmed remains to be broadcast at this time.
However his skills did not cease there – the grandfather wrote a staggering 15 books, together with ‘One Crowded Hour – Neil Davis, Fight Cameraman, 1934-85,’ in 1987 and ‘The Changi Digital camera’ in 2012.
The journalist (pictured) has been described as having been ‘beneficiant to his colleagues’ and as one of many ABC’s ‘pre-eminent journalists’
Mr Anderson mentioned the journalist was ‘a part of the material of the ABC for many years’ and did not simply make a ‘large contribution’ to the ABC – however to the nation as nicely.
‘He was beneficiant to his colleagues and was generally known as a lot for his sense of humour as his ardour for journalism and the ABC,’ he mentioned.
‘Our condolences go to Tim’s household and plenty of associates and colleagues.’
Bowden obtained an Order of Australia in 1994 for providers to public broadcasting.
