Tom Boswell (television presenter)
Television presenter (1943–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Boswell (30 August 1943, in Simla – 19 November 1990, in Reading)[1] was a journalist who worked in both BBC Radio and Television.
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Tom Boswell | |
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Born | (1943-08-30)August 30, 1943 |
Died | November 19, 1990(1990-11-19) (aged 47) |
Occupation | journalist |
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In radio he contributed to the highly successful Radio Four series Going Places and the Saturday morning programme Breakaway.
As a television presenter he contributed items for Top Gear. He presented two episodes in 1981 and 1982, and then appeared in twenty episodes between 1988 and his death in 1990.[2][3] His specialties on Top Gear included safety and economy topics such as the new Merritt engine and protection against car theft. Boswell also reviewed motorcycles during the show.