Basia Bonkowski

{{Short description|Australian television presenter (died 2022)}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2024}}

{{infobox person

| name = Basia Bonkowski

| other_names = Basia Rendall

| occupation = Television presenter, producer, author

| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia

| death_date = {{death date|df=yes|2022|9|3}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Kimble Rendall|1982}}

| children = 2

}}

Basia Bonkowski (died 3 September 2022) also known as Basia Rendall, was an Australian television presenter, television producer and author.

==Biography==

Bonkowski was born in Adelaide, one of four to Polish immigrants, Maria and Jerzy. She attended Cabra College, then the University of Adelaide to study Law, before attending Flinders University, where she switched to English Literature and Drama. She married television producer Kimble Rendall in 1982 and they had two adopted children, William and Camille.{{Citation | last= Sean | first= Slatter | title= Vale Basia Rendall, presenter and producer | url= https://if.com.au/vale-basia-rendall-presenter-and-producer/ | periodical= if | date= 5 September 2022 }}

Bonkowski was the presenter of programs including Rock Around the World (SBS),{{Citation | last= Anderson | first= Doug | title= Basia follows world trend | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 18 March 1982}} Continental Drift (SBS),{{Citation | last= Doyle | first= Liz | title= A rocker's dream come true | url= https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/from-the-archives-1983-a-rocker-s-dream-come-true-20230214-p5ckgw.html | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 21 February 1983}} Music Video (Channel 10),{{Citation | last= Watson | first= Bronwyn | title= No more mumbles now TV rock's presented by top women | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 10 March 1986}} and The Big Byte (SBS).{{Citation | last= Danielson | first= Shane | title= Tech goes hip | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 21 March 1994 }}

As a television producer she worked for Screentime and Endemol Shine and was a producer of the series RBT for the Nine Network.

Bonkowski, studied at the University of Sydney before becoming a published author with Shimmer, a 2009 book about her mother,{{Citation | last= Mills | first= Alison | title= Book a journey of life | url= | periodical= Parramatta Sun | date= 1 April 2009 }} and Jesse's World, a book on international adoption published in 2005.{{Citation | last= Bonkowski | first= Basia | title= Jesse's World : a story of adoption and the global family | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8216683 | date= 2005 }}

She died on 3 September 2022 from lymphoma.{{Citation | last= Williams | first= Fiona | title= Remembering iconic SBS presenter Basia Rendall (nee Bonkowski) | url= https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/remembering-iconic-sbs-presenter-basia-rendall-nee-bonkowski/1yltiorxo | periodical= SBS | date= 6 September 2022 }}