1. Anthea Turner was a host of Blue Peter from 1992 until 1994, and of GMTV from 1994 until 1996.
19 Facts About Anthea Turner
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Anthea Turner was one of three daughters born to her parents Brian and Jean Turner.
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Anthea Turner joined BBC Radio Stoke as a runner, eventually joining breakfast show presenter Bruno Brookes as part of his rap crew.
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Anthea Turner moved into television through Sky Channel and Music Box presenting live music programmes from July 1986 to 1989.
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Anthea Turner 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 do so regularly.
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Anthea Turner presented the children's television show Blue Peter from 27 June 1992 to 29 June 1994, and around this time was associated with publicising The Y Plan, a system of exercise developed by the London YMCA.
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Anthea Turner 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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Anthea Turner was a host on the first National Lottery draw on BBC One on 19 November 1994 with Noel Edmonds and Gordon Kennedy.
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Anthea Turner remained as sole host of the National Lottery Live until 20 April 1996, when she joined ITV and the travel show Wish You Were Here.
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Anthea Turner was replaced on The National Lottery Live by Bob Monkhouse.
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Anthea Turner took part in the first series of the Channel 4 game show The Jump in 2013.
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Anthea Turner took part in a special celebrity edition of Channel 4's First Dates on 12 October 2015, in aid of Stand Up to Cancer.
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On 20 November 2017, Anthea Turner appeared on the BBC show Celebrity Antiques Road Trip in an episode set in Staffordshire and Cheshire.
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In 2013, Anthea Turner appeared as a contestant in the eighth series of Dancing on Ice, where she finished in ninth place out of twelve celebrity skaters.
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Anthea Turner participated in the show with her professional skating partner Andrew Buchanan.
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The year of her divorce from Powell, Anthea Turner moved in with the CEO of Imagine Homes, Grant Bovey.
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Anthea Turner was later reconciled with Della, before leaving her again to return to Turner.
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Anthea Turner was keen to start her own family with Bovey, who has three daughters from his previous marriage.
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The only photograph released to the media was of Bovey and Anthea Turner biting into a Cadbury Snowflake chocolate bar, which had been provided by the magazine.