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searchaux" style="display:none">English television presenter (1933–2020)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Frank_Bough.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="249" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bough, while broadcasting <i><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_(TV_programme)" title="Nationwide (TV programme)">Nationwide</a></i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Francis Joseph Bough</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1933-01-15</span>)</span>15 January 1933<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Fenton,_Staffordshire" title="Fenton, Staffordshire">Fenton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">21 October 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-10-21)</span> (aged 87)<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Marches_School" title="The Marches School">Oswestry Boys' High School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Merton_College,_Oxford" title="Merton College, Oxford">Merton College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">Journalist</a>, <a href="/wiki/News_presenter" title="News presenter">newsreader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Television_presenter" title="Television presenter">television presenter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">sports commentator</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1959–1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Grandstand_(TV_programme)" title="Grandstand (TV programme)">Grandstand</a></i>, <i>Nationwide</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_Time_(British_TV_programme)" title="Breakfast Time (British TV programme)">Breakfast Time</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Nesta Howells</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1959)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Francis Joseph Bough</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span></span>/</a></span></span>; 15 January 1933 – 21 October 2020) was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> sports and current affairs shows including <i><a href="/wiki/Grandstand_(TV_programme)" title="Grandstand (TV programme)">Grandstand</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_(TV_programme)" title="Nationwide (TV programme)">Nationwide</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_Time_(British_TV_programme)" title="Breakfast Time (British TV programme)">Breakfast Time</a></i>, which he launched alongside <a href="/wiki/Selina_Scott" title="Selina Scott">Selina Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Ross" title="Nick Ross">Nick Ross</a>. </p><p>Over his broadcasting career, Bough became known for his smooth, relaxed and professional approach to live broadcasts, once being described as "the most unassailable performer on British television".<sup id="cite_ref-Desert_Island_Discs_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Desert_Island_Discs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Parkinson" title="Michael Parkinson">Michael Parkinson</a> said, "If my life depended on the smooth handling of a TV show, Bough would be my first choice to be in charge."<sup id="cite_ref-Desert_Island_Discs_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Desert_Island_Discs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1988, Bough was sacked by the BBC following revelations that he had taken <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> and used prostitutes.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later presented programmes on <a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">London Weekend Television</a>, <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_(UK_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky (UK and Ireland)">Sky TV</a> and on <a href="/wiki/LBC" title="LBC">LBC</a> radio in London before his retirement in 1998. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Bough&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Francis Joseph Bough was born on 15 January 1933 at his parents' terraced house in <a href="/wiki/Fenton,_Staffordshire" title="Fenton, Staffordshire">Fenton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, son of Austin Joseph Bough (died 1963) and Annie Tyrer, née Moulton. The family later moved to <a href="/wiki/Oswestry" title="Oswestry">Oswestry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Today,_Debrett's_Peerage_Ltd_2002,_p._210_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Today,_Debrett's_Peerage_Ltd_2002,_p._210-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a furniture upholsterer and his mother painted pots in a pottery factory, and also made curtains and cushions.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After passing his <a href="/wiki/Eleven-plus" title="Eleven-plus">eleven-plus</a> exam, Bough was educated at <a href="/wiki/The_Marches_School" title="The Marches School">Oswestry Boys' High School</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Shropshire_County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Shropshire County Council">Shropshire County Council</a> secular grammar school), and at <a href="/wiki/Merton_College,_Oxford" title="Merton College, Oxford">Merton College, Oxford</a>, where he studied history<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a soccer <a href="/wiki/Blue_(university_sport)" title="Blue (university sport)">blue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Today,_Debrett's_Peerage_Ltd_2002,_p._210_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Today,_Debrett's_Peerage_Ltd_2002,_p._210-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> for the university against <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, entered the employment of <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Chemical_Industries" title="Imperial Chemical Industries">ICI</a> at <a href="/wiki/Billingham" title="Billingham">Billingham-on-Tees</a>, and did his <a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_Kingdom#After_1945" title="Conscription in the United Kingdom">national service</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="2nd Royal Tank Regiment">2nd Royal Tank Regiment</a>, serving in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>. He first broadcast for British Forces Radio, commenting on an army cup game football match between two regiments.<sup id="cite_ref-elderwick_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elderwick-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Bough&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC">BBC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Bough&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: BBC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bough joined the BBC as a presenter and reporter, presenting a new <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>-based show called <i>Home at Six</i>, soon renamed <i>North at Six</i> and then in 1963 becoming <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Look_North_(North_East_and_Cumbria)" title="BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria)">BBC Look North</a></i>. Between 1964 and 1968, he was the presenter of <i>Sportsview</i> and in 1964 became the presenter of the <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year" title="BBC Sports Personality of the Year">BBC Sports Review of the Year</a></i>, which he hosted for 18 years. Between 1968 and 1983, he was a regular host of the BBC's flagship Saturday afternoon sports programme, <i><a href="/wiki/Grandstand_(BBC)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandstand (BBC)">Grandstand</a></i>. </p><p>Bough was one of the BBC's football commentators for the <a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966 World Cup</a> in England and covered the match at <a href="/wiki/Ayresome_Park" title="Ayresome Park">Ayresome Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough" title="Middlesbrough">Middlesbrough</a> where North Korea defeated Italy 1–0,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a game regarded as one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bough went on to present the early evening magazine programme <i><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationwide (TV series)">Nationwide</a></i>. This made him one of the most familiar faces on British television throughout the 1970s. For <i>Nationwide</i>, he covered the <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a> that brought down <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">President Nixon</a> and, for both <i>Nationwide</i> and <i>Breakfast Time</i>, he covered five UK general elections between 1974 and 1987 and four US presidential elections between 1972 and 1984.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Bough was twice a surprise guest on the <i><a href="/wiki/Morecambe_and_Wise" title="Morecambe and Wise">Morecambe and Wise</a></i> Christmas special, in 1977 performing a song and dance routine in a sailor's outfit with other television personalities, including the film critic <a href="/wiki/Barry_Norman" title="Barry Norman">Barry Norman</a>, the presenter <a href="/wiki/Michael_Aspel" title="Michael Aspel">Michael Aspel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> commentator <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Waring" title="Eddie Waring">Eddie Waring</a>. The programme's 21.3 million viewers remains one of the highest recorded viewing figures for UK Christmas viewing. Bough later said that he had to give Waring dancing lessons before the sketch, which was based on a comic version of the song "<a href="/wiki/There_is_Nothing_Like_a_Dame" class="mw-redirect" title="There is Nothing Like a Dame">There is Nothing Like a Dame</a>" from the musical <i><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)" title="South Pacific (musical)">South Pacific</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year Bough received the <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="British Academy Television Awards">Richard Dimbleby Award</a> for outstanding contribution to factual television.<sup id="cite_ref-elderwick_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elderwick-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bough was the main presenter of the BBC's coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978 World Cup finals</a> in Argentina.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bough's prominence increased in January 1983 when he became the first presenter of the BBC's inaugural breakfast television programme, <i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_Time_(British_TV_programme)" title="Breakfast Time (British TV programme)">Breakfast Time</a></i> along with <a href="/wiki/Selina_Scott" title="Selina Scott">Selina Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Ross" title="Nick Ross">Nick Ross</a>. Bough was chosen by <a href="/wiki/Ron_Neil" title="Ron Neil">Ron Neil</a> for his experience of presenting three hours of live television every week on <i>Grandstand</i>. As fellow presenter Ross recounted: </p> <blockquote><p>None of us had remotely the experience of long, unscripted slabs of live TV that Frank had from his sports broadcasting. He brought a sense of serenity and reassurance. His unruffled composure made us feel this had all been done before, and on the first morning, as the last minutes ticked down to our opening transmission, when hearts were thumping and nerves were jangling, he clapped his hands and—addressing the producers and the technicians as much as Selina and me—gently and firmly said, "Calm down." We did.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Scott later said that Bough would deliberately undermine her by interrupting mid-question and in other ways. When she attempted to complain she said that senior management simply was not interested. "They seemed to have no <a href="/wiki/Emotional_intelligence" title="Emotional intelligence">emotional intelligence</a>, and they let men like Frank Bough roam the BBC without any check on them." She said that there was a very sexist atmosphere at the BBC, "this malevolence".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presenter <a href="/wiki/Fern_Britton" title="Fern Britton">Fern Britton</a> found Bough equally difficult to work with. In her autobiography, published in 2008, she wrote early in their professional relationship, Bough asked her, "Well, young lady, I wonder how long it will be before I'm having an affair with you." He was dismissive of Britton at pre-programme briefings: "Oh, hers can wait. Now back to mine." Britton felt too junior to be able to complain.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bough left breakfast television at the end of 1987 to concentrate on the <i><a href="/wiki/Holiday_(TV_series)" title="Holiday (TV series)">Holiday</a></i> programme where, having been a roving holidaymaker, he took over as the main presenter when <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Michelmore" title="Cliff Michelmore">Cliff Michelmore</a> left the series in 1986. </p><p>In February 1989, Bough was hired by <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a> to present the <i>Frank Bough Interview</i> for <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky TV</a> for two series. In September 1989, he also joined <a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">London Weekend Television</a> where he fronted <i><a href="/wiki/LWT_News#Six_O'Clock_Live" title="LWT News">Six O'Clock Live</a></i> until it was axed in summer 1992. In between his news duties he presented <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>'s coverage of the 1991 <a href="/wiki/1991_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Rugby World Cup">Rugby World Cup</a> tournament. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sex_and_drugs_scandal">Sex and drugs scandal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Bough&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sex and drugs scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 13 June 1988, Bough left the BBC for a rest<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being sacked, after the <i><a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i> reported he had taken <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> and worn <a href="/wiki/Lingerie" title="Lingerie">lingerie</a> at parties involving prostitutes.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper's former deputy editor, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Connew" title="Paul Connew">Paul Connew</a>, later said of the scandal, "It caused a sensation at the time, given Bough's public image as the squeaky clean front man of breakfast and sports television."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roy_Greenslade" title="Roy Greenslade">Roy Greenslade</a>, professor of journalism at <a href="/wiki/City_University_London" class="mw-redirect" title="City University London">City University London</a>, said that Bough made a "terrible mistake" by agreeing to speak to newspapers before publication of personal allegations, worsening the story.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1992, Bough was reported to have been involved in a dungeon orgy.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The press published photographs of him leaving the flat of a prostitute who specialised in <a href="/wiki/Sadomasochism" title="Sadomasochism">sadomasochism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bough later spoke of his regret over his actions, saying his behaviour had been "exceedingly stupid".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said in a television interview, "Everybody, when they have difficulties with their marriage or sexuality, surely has the right to sort out these things in the privacy of their own home."<sup id="cite_ref-Indy19920902_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indy19920902-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His role as a rugby presenter ended after this second scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_career">Late career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Bough&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Late career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1993, after his activities were regularly ridiculed in <a href="/wiki/Monologue" title="Monologue">monologues</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Have_I_Got_News_for_You" title="Have I Got News for You">Have I Got News for You</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Angus_Deayton" title="Angus Deayton">Angus Deayton</a> (who himself was later dismissed from the show following cocaine and prostitute use), Bough agreed to appear as a guest on the programme. In the early 1990s, he was a presenter on <a href="/wiki/LBC" title="LBC">LBC</a> radio in London,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> staying on for the launch of <a href="/w/index.php?title=London_News_Talk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="London News Talk (page does not exist)">London News Talk</a> and moving to the News 97.3 service where he remained until 1996. He then presented <i>Travel Live</i> for the cable channel <a href="/wiki/Travel_Channel_(International)" class="mw-redirect" title="Travel Channel (International)">Travel</a>. </p><p>In 2009, he contributed to a programme looking back on <i>Nationwide</i>, broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Bough&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bough met Nesta Howells, a physiotherapist, while he was undertaking his national service in Park Hall camp at Oswestry,<sup id="cite_ref-elderwick_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elderwick-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they married after he left the army in 1959. They had three sons: David, Stephen and Andrew. Nesta stayed in the relationship after the exposés that affected Bough's later career.<sup id="cite_ref-Indy19920902_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indy19920902-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1994, he was a regular member of a <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Berkshire" title="Windsor, Berkshire">Windsor</a>-based choir, the Royal Free Singers. Bough had a liver transplant in 2001 after <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a> was found, and later lived in retirement in <a href="/wiki/Holyport" title="Holyport">Holyport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berkshire" title="Berkshire">Berkshire</a>. </p><p>A family friend said that Bough died on 21 October 2020, aged 87.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Bough&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BBC_News-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_News_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_News_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_News_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_News_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54684374">"Frank Bough: Former Grandstand presenter dies, aged 87"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 25 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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