William Robert Jolyon Turnbull was a British journalist and presenter. He had been famous in his work as a presenter for the radio station Classic FM. Prior to that he worked many years as a presenter with BBC.
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Turnbull was born to an English father and mother in Guildford, Surrey, on 25 January 1956. He had his tertiary education at Eton College and the University of Edinburgh, where he edited the student newspaper.
Turnbull’s career began at Scottish local station Radio Clyde in 1978, and later, he freelanced for a number of years in the USA.
Turnbull joined the BBC as a reporter for the Today program in 1986 and covered a wide number of stories worldwide. He reported from over thirty countries.
His producer was Sian Williams whom he worked for a short while. As a reporter, he reported on a number of major American stories, including the Monica Lewinsky scandal that rocked Bill Clinton’s presidency.
