Bill Turnbull
Bill Turnbull is a presenter for BBC Breakfast.
In Strictly Come Dancing 3 Bill tried to follow in the footsteps of another BBC news presenter, Natasha Kaplinsky, who won the series dancing with Brendan Cole.
Bill Turnbull's dancing partner was Karen Hardy. They ended up doing well in the series but it was not good enough as they were voted out in week 7.
Bill told Karen in the training for the first week, that he had an: "innate resistance to being told what to do".
Bill Turnbull first joined BBC Breakfast as a reporter in 1988, and has been a presenter on the programme since 2001. His first film for the programme was about wild flowers.
Bill started out in local radio with Radio Clyde in Glasgow.
Bill Turnbull has reported from over 30 countries, including four years as the BBC's Washington Correspondent.
Bill Turnbull has a number of interesting hobbies including looking after chickens.
Turnbull also has four hives of bees and has run the London Marathon four times.
In 2005 Bill combined the two when he completed the London Marathon wearing a beekeeper’s suit - raising over £3,500 for the Bees for Development Trust.
Bill Turnbull is the official Wycombe Wanderers match commentator. In an interview with a Wycombe fansite, Turnbull said:
"I take my shoes off [presenting BBC breakfast TV] sometimes which can lead to complications – Carol Kirkwood picked one of them up once on air and complained that they ponged."