Tom Boswell (television presenter)

Tom Boswell (30 August 1943, in Simla – 19 November 1990, in Reading)[1] was a journalist who worked in both BBC Radio and Television.

Tom Boswell
Born(1943-08-30)August 30, 1943
DiedNovember 19, 1990(1990-11-19) (aged 47)
Occupationjournalist

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.

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  1. ^ "Tom Boswell". Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ "LeBlanc bows out: a history of Top Gear presenters". Motoring Research. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  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.