Basia Bonkowski

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

Basia Bonkowski
Born	Adelaide, South Australia
Died	(2022-09-03)3 September 2022
Other names	Basia Rendall
Occupation(s)	Television presenter, producer, author
Spouse	Kimble Rendall ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	2

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.^[1]

Bonkowski was the presenter of programs including Rock Around the World (SBS),^[2] Continental Drift (SBS),^[3] Music Video (Channel 10),^[4] and The Big Byte (SBS).^[5]

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,^[6] and Jesse's World, a book on international adoption published in 2005.^[7]

She died on 3 September 2022 from lymphoma.^[1][8]