Beverley Turner

Infobox Person
name = Beverly Turner

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birth_date = birth date and age|1973|10|21|
birth_place = Prestwich, England, U.K.
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other_names = Bev Turner
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Television presenter, Radio presenter
spouse = James Cracknell (2002-present)

Beverley Turner (born 21 October, 1973) is a British television and radio presenter.

Personal

She was born in Prestwich, Bury in Lancashire. She is the sister of swimming champion Adrian Turner, and the wife of Olympic rower James Cracknell with whom she has a son with, Croyde, born in October 2003. She has a first class degree in English from the University of Manchester.

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 Sky3. Her other jobs include journalism, writing, and modelling - where she stands at five foot 10 inches [ [http://magazinecelebs.110mb.com/beverley_turner.htm Beverley Turner photos and information ] ] .

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.

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/presenters/turner_biog.shtml BBC Radio Presenter Profile]
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* [http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/Series/ourprogrammes/presenters/Beverly_Turner.htm Travel Channel | Presenter - Beverley Turner] Postcards from Paradise profile
* [http://www.nba.com/uk/turner_chattranscript_010311.html NBA.com UK One on One with Beverly Turner] Chat interview transcript from Sunday, March 11, 2001.
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1242756,00.html The Observer | Review | 'I felt trapped in this world of horrible men' ] Review of her book, 'The Pits'
* [http://www.vivienneclore.com/articles/Beverley_714323_71.html Vivienne Clore represents Beverley Turner] Agent's page
* [http://hypnos.co.uk/hypnomag/hypnosisnews/selfhypnosisbirth.htm 'I Hypnotised Myself and Had a Pain-Free Birth'] Article from the Sunday Mirror
* [http://www.burningvision.digitalresolve.co.uk/beverly.html Beverley Turner Showreel] Created by Burning Vision