Beverley Turner
Beverley Turner | |
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Born | Prestwich, Lancashire, England | 21 October 1973
Other names | Bev Turner |
Occupation | Television presenter, radio presenter |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Website | www |
Beverley Turner (born 21 October 1973) is an English television and radio presenter.
Early life
Turner was born in Prestwich, Lancashire. She has a first class degree in English Literature and Language from the University of Manchester. She is the sister of Olympic swimmer Adrian Turner and of the executive producer of The Apprentice, Cal Turner. [1][2]
Career
Turner worked for BBC Radio 5 Live, presenting their Bump Club series, following a group of pregnant women through their journey to motherhood. Previously, she spent three years as one of only two female presenters for ITV's Formula One coverage and also presented coverage of the Tour de France. She broke with Formula One racing coverage with a "bridge burning exercise" in the form of her book, The Pits: The Real World of Formula 1[3] in July 2004, which described widespread sexism in the sport.[4] She spent another three seasons presenting coverage of US National Basketball Association games in the UK. In 2002 she began presenting entertainment sections for Granada's This Morning and, in 2003, travel reporting for the Travel Channel.
She was the sole presenter of sixty-four episodes of Taste, a cooking programme for Sky1 which was shown daily for six years across global Sky Channels and became one of the station's most profitable self-made shows.[5] She co-presented Homes Live with Watchdog's Matt Allwright, a daily, live property show on BBC2.
Turner hosted her own talk show on the radio station LBC from 2015 to 2019, and at the time of her departure was one of two female presenters at the station.[6] She left the station in January 2019 after complaining that the station predominantly employed white men; LBC reported that her contract had expired and was not renewed.[6]
She has written for newspapers The Independent, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail.
Controversies
On 1 June 2021, Turner clashed with Dermot O'Leary on This Morning over the issue of COVID-19 vaccines, when she said that it was not effective and urged younger people to refuse the vaccine when offered it. She went on to claim: "It does not stop you catching or passing on the virus." Following this, she was banned from appearing on the programme.[7][8] Controversy continued later on Jeremy Vine, which caused the Ofcom to receive hundreds of complaints. She later shared a video of herself crying, claiming she had been "ambushed."[9] On November of the same year she appeared again on the Jeremy Vine programme, in which she clashed with Owen Jones when she compared Austria's lockdown rules for the non-vaccinated to Apartheid.[10]
On 7 February 2022, in the hours after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was encircled by protesters[11] yelling "traitor", with references to Jimmy Savile, amongst other things, Turner tweeted to suggest that Sir Keir Starmer was complicit in the incident and that the event was staged.[12] Turner tweeted: "I'm not at all convinced this is a genuine 'ambush.' It perfectly casts Johnson as a Trumpian agitator. (I'm not condoning his Savile comment. It was stupid). But Starmer does not look scared. Yelling about 'Freemasons' was brainstormed in a board room! Why walk so far?! Staged."
In July 2022, amidst the 2022 United Kingdom heat wave, in a conversation with BBC's meteorologist John Hammond, she said "I want us to be happy about the weather, and I don’t know if something has happened to meteorologists to make you all a little bit fatalistic and harbingers of doom, but broadcasters – particularly on the BBC – every time I’ve turned on, anyone is talking about the weather and they’re saying there’s going to be tons of fatalities, but haven't we always had hot weather, John?" in a moment that was compared to the film Don't Look Up.[13][14] On her Twitter, she has expressed her opinion about the extreme heat warnings, calling them "weather-fear porn"[15] and "climate lockdown."[16]
Personal life
Turner married double Olympic Gold medallist rower James Cracknell at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire in 2002. They have a son, born in September 2003, and two daughters, born in March 2009[17] and April 2011.[18] They announced their separation in April 2019.[19]
Cracknell was injured in a cycling accident in July 2010 whilst filming for The Discovery Channel and sustained a personality-altering traumatic brain injury. The pair wrote about his recovery in the book Touching Distance which was published in 2012.
Other interests
Turner's main charity interest is in sexual health and sexual politics, and she is a patron of the Family Planning Association (FPA).[20] She is also an honorary associate of the National Secular Society.[21]
She has been a competitive swimmer,[22] and appeared in FHM's "Sexiest Women" list at position 43 in 2001.[23] Turner has also studied for a Diploma in Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy.[24]
References
- ^ "110mb.com – Want to start a website?". magazinecelebs.110mb.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
- ^ "Who is Beverley Turner? James Cracknell's wife, radio presenter and mum - Cambridgeshire Live".
- ^ Turner, Beverley (2004). The Pits: The Real World of Formula One. Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-84354-237-7. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ Turner, Beverley (8 July 2004). "Exposed: the rampant sexism that defines the world of Formula One". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Book Beverley Turner, Speaker, Host & Facilitator - TSA".
- ^ a b "Beverley Turner leaves LBC". Radio Today. January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Needham, Lucy (6 June 2021). "Beverley Turner 'blocked' from This Morning after anti-Covid vaccine row". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Jamie Roberts, Chloe Burrell (1 June 2021). "TV presenter Dermot O'Leary involved in heated debate with anti-vaxxer guest on This Morning". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
[Includes video]
- ^ Samuel Osborne (17 June 2021). "Hundreds complain about Covid rant on Jeremy Vine show". The Independent. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
Ofcom has said that the majority of the 125 complaints about the show concerned her comments.
Ms. Turner told the panel: "Less than one percent of deaths are down to Covid-19.
"This has to be taken by a decision-by-decision basis because this is a clinical trial until 2023." - ^ Kyle Farrell (15 November 2021). "Owen Jones in heated row over Beverley Turner's Covid comparison 'Apartheid was murderous'". Express. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
[Includes video]
- ^ "Keir Starmer: Two arrested after protesters surround Labour leader". BBC News. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ Turner, Beverly [@beverleyturner] (7 February 2022). "I'm not at all convinced this is a genuine 'ambush.' It perfectly casts Johnson as a Trumpian agitator. (I'm not condoning his Savile comment. It was stupid). But Starmer does not look scared. Yelling about 'Freemasons' was brainstormed in a board room! Why walk so far?! Staged. t.co/A3cc5OmQWq" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Kate Nicholson (15 July 2022). "GB News Anchor Makes Don't Look Up A Reality With Her Reaction To 'Lethal Weather'". HuffPost. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ Alistair McGeorge (15 July 2022). "GB News reporter shuts down reports of 'lethal weather' and it's literally like scenes from Don't Look Up". Metro. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
[Includes video]
- ^ @beverleyturner (17 July 2022). "I wonder how many summer fetes, such as this one I was at today, had low numbers buying drinks, food and ice cream, because of the msm weather fear-porn?..
Small businesses are really struggling & need footfall, unless the plan is to close them down, in which case, good work..." (Tweet) – via Twitter. - ^ @beverleyturner (18 July 2022). "This is what a climate lockdown looks like. They didn't even have to INSTRUCT people to stay at home. They did it willingly, forgetting they used to be capable of doing their own risk assessment on a sunny day. Businesses empty. I'm furious. Wake the f*** up people!!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "James & Bev Have Baby Daughter". MTC News. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009.
- ^ "Congratulations!!!". James Cracknell. 4 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ "James Cracknell and Wife Beverley Turner Separate".
- ^ "Book Beverly Turner | Speaker Agent".
- ^ "National Secular Society Honorary Associates". National Secular Society. Retrieved 27 July 2019
- ^ "Video: Redisover your love of swimming with SwimFit pool sessions".
- ^ "James Cracknell | Rowing". The Guardian.
- ^ Turner, Beverley (15 February 2010). "Tapping therapy: curing physical and mental problems". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
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- Beverley Turner at IMDb
- Travel Channel | Presenter – Beverley Turner Postcards from Paradise profile
- NBA.com UK One on One with Beverly [sic] Turner Chat interview transcript from Sunday, 11 March 2001.
- The Observer | Review | 'I felt trapped in this world of horrible men' Review of her book, 'The Pits'
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- Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester
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- Formula One journalists and reporters
- People from Prestwich