Tom_Boswell_(television_presenter)

Tom Boswell (television presenter)

Tom Boswell (television presenter)

Television presenter (1943–1990)

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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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.

References

  1. [1]
    "Tom Boswell". Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.
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    "LeBlanc bows out: a history of Top Gear presenters". Motoring Research. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Jeremy Clarkson faces assault charge after being sacked by BBC - as it happened, March 25, 2015". telegraph.co.uk. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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