Beverley Turner
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Beverley Turner is a British television and radio presenter, born 21 October 1973 in Prestwich, Bury, Lancashire[1]. She is the sister of swimming champion Adrian Turner, and the wife of Olympic rower James Cracknell.
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[edit] Television presenter
She is probably best known for her presenting on UK TV and Radio. These are primarily sports shows, although she has diversified into lifestyle shows as her career has progressed. She spent three years as one of the female presenters for UK ITV's Formula 1, the other being Louise Goodman, and she also presented Tour de France. She spent another three seasons as the presenter of the US National Basketball Association in the UK, but also included entertainment presentation for Granada’s This Morning in 2002, and travel reporting for the Travel Channel in 2003.
From 2004 she spent two years co-presenting, with Eamonn Holmes, a Saturday morning radio program on BBC Radio Five Live, and also presented 64 episodes of Taste, a daily food programme on Sky Three. Her other jobs include journalism, writing, and modelling - where she stands at five foot 10 inches[2].
She broke with Formula 1 racing coverage with the July 2004 publication of her book 'The Pits: The Real World of Formula 1' (ISBN 1-84354-237-4), in which she detailed her perception of sexism and mercenarism in the sport.
[edit] Other interests
Her main charity interest is in sexual health and sexual politics, where she is a noted patron of the FPA (Family Planning Association).
She has been a competitive swimmer and achieved a first class honours degree at Manchester University in English Literature/Language.
Early in her career she did some "glamour" modelling, notably being photographed for the December 1999 issue of FHM in a full crimson slip and matching brassiere. She was in the FHM sexiest women list at 43 in 2001 and 88 in 2002.
[edit] Family
She has a son with Cracknell, Croyde, born in October 2003.
[edit] External links
- BBC Radio Presenter Profile
- Internet Movie Database
- Travel Channel | Presenter - Beverley Turner Postcards from Paradise profile
- NBA.com UK One on One with Beverly Turner Chat interview transcript from Sunday, March 11, 2001.
- The Observer | Review | 'I felt trapped in this world of horrible men' Review of her book, 'The Pits'
- Vivienne Clore represents Beverley Turner Agent's page
- 'I Hypnotised Myself and Had a Pain-Free Birth' Article from the Sunday Mirror
- Beverley Turner Showreel Created by Burning Vision
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