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 Anthea Turner 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 at the direct grant grammar catholic school St Dominic's High School for Girls, Brewood, South 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