About Tony Bastable
Lived 1944 – 2007 (aged 62). Tony Bastable was a British presenter, television producer, writer, biographer and television presenter.
Anthony Leslie Bastable (15 October 1944 – 29 May 2007) was an English television presenter, who was one of the original presenters of the children's magazine programme Magpie.
Early life Bastable was born in Hexham, Northumberland, in 1944. After moving to Wembley, Middlesex, he attended Wembley Manor School from 1952 to 1955 and University College School in Frognal, London.
On leaving school he trained to be a school teacher, teaching British History part-time at Buckingham College School in Harrow, Middlesex, whilst also working as a reporter for local newspapers.
Television career In the early 1960s, Bastable applied for a job as a television news reporter for Southern Television, but was turned down for being "too young".
He married three times. His first marriage was in 1969 to June Buchan, from whom he was divorced in 1971. In 1974, he married Jackie Colkett. They had a daughter, but divorced in 1992. He married for the third time, to Anita Westwood, in 2001.
Publications John Cabot (Pub. World Almanac Library, 2003). Ferdinand Magellan (Pub. World Almanac Library, 2003).
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Who was Tony Bastable?
British television presenter (1944–2007)
When was Tony Bastable born?
Tony Bastable was born on 15 October 1944 in Hexham.
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Tony Bastable died on 29 May 2007 in Redhill.
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Tony Bastable was a presenter, television producer, writer, biographer and television presenter.
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Tony Bastable was British.
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