Bill Turnbull

Bill Turnbull provides media training for corporations, civil servants and politicians with Media Mentor in addition to his main job at the BBC.

Profile form Media Mentor website:

Bill Turnbull fronts the BBC's flagship news programme Breakfast and is a regular presenter of the six o'clock news. He is one of the BBC's most experienced newscasters. Bill began his career at Radio Clyde, then the UK 's second commercial radio station.

He joined the BBC's Breakfast team as a reporter in 1988. He's been a presenter on the programme since 2001. As a Breakfast reporter he has filed many memorable stories from around Britain and Europe , including the Lockerbie disaster and the Romanian Revolution of 1989.

As a News Correspondent, Bill later covered everything from presidential elections to street riots in more than 30 countries. He did a four year stint as the BBC's Washington Correspondent - which included a rain drenched appearance live in the middle of a Florida hurricane.

He's also been a regular presenter of BBC News 24 and Radio Five Live, before joining the Breakfast presenting team full time.