Anthea Turner 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 a successful lawsuit against the BBC. She presented "Top of
Anthea Turner Lottery draw on BBC One on 19 November 1994 with Noel Edmonds and Gordon Kennedy. She remained as sole host of the National Lottery Live until 20 April 1996, when she defected to ITV and the travel show "Wish You Were Here...?", becoming the second highest paid female television presenter in the UK, after Cilla Black. The relationship between Turner and her "GMTV" co-presenter Eamonn Holmes was frosty, with Holmes issuing an ultimatum to the "GMTV" management that he would leave if they did not sack his colleague; as a result of this Turner lost her job. After Bovey left