Basia Bonkowski, also known as Basia Rendall, was an Australian TV presenter. Shows she was the presenter of included Rock Around the World (SBS), [1] Continental Drift (SBS), [2] Music Video (Channel 10), [3] and The Big Byte (SBS) [4]
Bonkowski was a published author with Shimmer, a 2009 book about her mother, [5] and Jesse's World, a book on international adoption published in 2005. [6]
Bonkowski was born in Adelaide, one of four children of Polish immigrants. She married Kimble Rendall in 1982 and they have two adopted children. She died on 3 September 2022 after a battle with lymphoma. [7] [8]
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Rock Around the World was an Australian music television show broadcast by SBS. It was hosted by Basia Bonkowski. It was broadcast from 4 January 1982 and was axed in 1985 and replaced by Kulture Shock. The program played music videos, and interviews with more of a focus on European content than other shows.
Continental Drift was an Australian music television show broadcast by SBS. It was hosted by Basia Bonkowski who was then hosting Rock Around the World. It was axed in 1985.
The Big Byte was an Australian magazine style television show, focused on computers, broadcast by the SBS. Broadcast from 24 March 1994 it was hosted by Basia Bonkowski. Also featured were reporters Phil Keoghan, Maeve O'Meara and Simon Nasht and game reviewer Hayden Topperwien.