Tim Bowden
Timothy Gibson "Tim" Bowden AM (born 2 August 1937), is an Australian author, radio and television broadcaster and producer, and oral historian. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and studied at the University of Tasmania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Bowden's work has included hosting the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program Backchat (1986–1994), producing This Day Tonight during the 1970s, and founding the ABC's Social History Unit. His other productions include Prisoners of War – Australians Under Nippon and the 24-part series Taim Bilong Masta – The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea.
During the 1990s he produced several notable documentaries on Australian research in the Antarctic.
Books
Changi Photographer
One Crowded Hour
Neil Davis, Combat Cameraman
The Backchat Book
The Way My Father Tells It – The Story of An Australian Life
Antarctica And Back In Sixty Days
The Silence Calling – Australians in Antarctica 1947–97
Penelope Goes West – On the Road from Sydney to Margaret River and Back
