Editing Robyn Williams (section)

==Personal life==

Williams met Pamela Traylor when in Australia for the first time, and they married on 10 June 1966 before both moving back to the UK, where he studied science. They had two children.<ref name=encyc/>

He is a good friend of fellow ABC presenter, [[Norman Swan]], a qualified medical doctor, who intervened to help save his life when he suffered a [[cardiac arrest]] in 1988.<ref name="Johnson 2022"/>

{{as of|2022}} Williams is in a long-term relationship with Jonica Newby,<ref name="Johnson 2022"/> a former presenter on [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC Television]]'s  ''[[Catalyst (TV program)|Catalyst]]'' science journalism program. Williams underwent [[chemotherapy]] for [[colorectal cancer]] in 2014 and 2015; at one point he was hospitalised for five weeks but continued to make ''The Science Show'' from his hospital bed.<ref name="catalyst">{{cite web| last1=Newby| first1=Jonica| title=Catalyst - Exercise and Cancer - Transcript|url=http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4459555.htm|website=ABC Website|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=22 May 2016|date=15 May 2016}}</ref>