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 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. 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. Turner was also a host on the first National