Bill Peach

William Norman Peach (15 May 1935 – 27 August 2013 ) known as Bill Peach, was an Australian television journalist who hosted the ABC current affairs program This Day Tonight from 1967 to 1975.

Early life and education Peach was born in 1935 in the Riverina town of Lockhart, New South Wales, his father was a stock agent, whilst his mum came from a family of graziers.

Media career Peach joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in 1958, as a specialist trainee in the talks department. In 1960, he joined the Sydney office of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) where he worked in program sales. In 1962, he and his wife moved to the United Kingdom, where he worked for three years for the BBC overseas service, based in London and later New York City. In 1967, he was appointed as the presenter of ABC's new evening current affairs series, This Day Tonight, which he hosted for eight years.

Tourism career After leaving the ABC, Peach started a travel and tourism company, Bill Peach Journeys.

In the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours, Peach was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the media and to tourism.

Death Peach died of cancer at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney in the early morning of 27 August 2013.