Anthea Turner
| Anthea Turner | |
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Turner at a book signing in 2008
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| Born |
Anthea Millicent Turner 25 May 1960 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Residence | Surrey, England |
| Occupation | Journalist,, television presenter and media personality |
| Notable credit(s) |
Presenting: Blue Peter (1992–94) Top of the Pops (1988–91) GMTV (1994–96) Perfect Housewife (2006–07) |
| Spouse(s) |
Peter Powell (1990–1998; divorced) Grant Bovey (2000–2015; divorced) |
| Parent(s) | Brian and Jean Turner |
| Website | Official website |
Anthea Millicent Turner (born 25 May 1960) is an English television presenter. She was a host of Blue Peter from 1992 until 1994, and of GMTV from 1994 until 1996.
Turner was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and educated there at the independent catholic St Dominic's High School for Girls, Staffordshire. She was one of three daughters born to her parents Brian and Jean Turner. One of her sisters, Ruth died aged 15. Her other sister is presenter Wendy Turner Webster.
Turner joined BBC Radio Stoke as a runner, eventually joining breakfast show presenter Bruno Brookes as part of his rap crew. The couple became romantically involved and employed Peter Powell as an agent through his management company.
Turner moved into television through Sky Channel and Music Box presenting live music programmes from July 1986 to 1989. Her debut on national television was with the BBC on But First This, which led to her fronting two series for the BBC on the Saturday morning show UP2U.
During a motorbike stunt that went wrong on UP2U, Turner suffered burns and temporary hearing loss, which led to her successful lawsuit against the BBC.
She presented Top of the Pops from October 1988 to May 1991, and, for the final 18 months of this period, was the only non-Radio 1 DJ to regularly do so.
Turner presented the children's television show Blue Peter from 27 June 1992 to 29 June 1994, and around this time, was also associated with publicising 'The Y Plan', a system of exercise developed by the London YMCA. She moved on to presenting on Totally Live on pan-European music channel Music Box, followed by GMTV which she presented from July 1994 to 24 December 1996.
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