Bill Turnbull kept BBC Breakfast co-star Sian Williams' secret for 25 years
dailyrecord.co.ukBBC Breakfast icon Bill Turnbull kept a secret for his co-presenter Sian Williams for over 25 years, she has now revealed. Bill, who passed away aged 66 on Wednesday, acted as a listening ear for Sian when she suffered an accident in the '90s and asked him to keep it to himself.The pair had only just met at the time, but the late presenter stayed true to his word and never told anyone, the Mirror reports.
In 1992, Sian was a "rookie" Radio 4 presenter when she met Bill in Arkansas during the US presidential election campaign.He was the BBC's Washington correspondent at the time, and met Sian before working on producing a Bill Clinton programme together.
Shortly after they met at a restaurant, Sian collapsed - but Bill was on hand to help.She told The Telegraph: "I was nervous.
It was my first big assignment away from base. I’d just returned to work after having my first child and I was anxious to prove myself as a capable producer.
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