Nigel Wrench | |
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Born | Stephen Wrench |
Occupation(s) | Radio presenter, Reporter |
Known for | Interviewing Winnie Mandela and Banksy; HIV activism |
Stephen Wrench, known professionally as Nigel Wrench, is a British radio presenter and reporter. In the 1980s, he reported extensively from South Africa, and later in London enjoyed a successful 20-year career with the BBC. Wrench is the only journalist known to have interviewed both the artist known as Banksy and the South African activist Winnie Mandela, and continued his journalistic work despite a close brush with death from AIDS-related illness.