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Bill Turnbull's last week on Breakfast

Final show on Fri 26th Feb (February 2016)

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Brekkie
In news worthy of it's own thread the BBC have released details about Bill Turnbulls last week on the show with three live OBs and Bill working on a Friday.

On Monday he will be live from Glasgow, on Tuesday from Wycombe Wanderers and on Wednesday from his own home by the sounds of it. His final appearance will be on Friday 26th February.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/08/bbc-breakfast-bill-turnbull

Quote:
BBC Breakfast will be broadcasting live from three outside locations this week, as part of the special features planned for presenter Bill Turnbull’s last week on the programme. Bill leaves BBC Breakfast after 15 years, and all of the live outside broadcasts are at locations which mean something personal to him.

On Monday he will be in Glasgow, where he started out on his journalistic career at Radio Clyde; on Tuesday he’ll be at Adams Park, home of his beloved football team Wycombe Wanderers; and the final OB on Wednesday will come from the Peak District, which has been home to Bill for the last four years, since BBC Breakfast moved up to MediaCityUK in Salford Quays.

In addition to these live broadcasts Bill has also gone back to Lockerbie, to revisit the story which affected him the most during his career.

Other special VTs and a news moments montage are planned for Bill’s last day on the Breakfast sofa on Friday 26 February, where he’ll be joined by his fellow BBC Breakfast presenters to wish him a heart-felt thank you and farewell.
Last edited by Brekkie on 24 February 2016 9:29pm
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News96
Interesting to see them make a week out of it-i wonder if this means all four presenters will be in the studio on February 26th (probably during the 8:30-9:15) segment.
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amosc100
News96 posted:
Interesting to see them make a week out of it-i wonder if this means all four presenters will be in the studio on February 26th (probably during the 8:30-9:15) segment.


All 5 main presenters as you forgot about Carol Kirkwood! She will definitely be there for Bill's last day on the programme.
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News96
Oops-Thank you-Make it 7 if you include Steph and Sally as well.
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m_in_m
News96 posted:
Oops-Thank you-Make it 7 if you include Steph and Sally as well.

Though both don't generally present on Fridays with Mike and Ben usually instead - though might be different or possibly all of them.
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davidhorman
amosc100 posted:
All 5 main presenters as you forgot about Carol Kirkwood! She will definitely be there for Bill's last day on the programme.


She'll probably feature in at least 50% of his best (read: rudest) bits as well.

My sister met him not long ago. Very nice man by all accounts (not that I was expecting anything else).
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Hatton Cross
Michael Barrett must be thinking this idea sounds very familiar..
Wink

20 days later

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Brekkie
Surprisingly despite the question of when he would present his last show seemingly featuring daily here for about six months now we've got to his last week I've not seen any comments about it at all.

I've been in work early all week so not even caught the brief snippets I usually do so have they gone ahead with the planned outside broadcasts or has the EU Referendum overshadowed all that and those plans scrapped?
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News96
Yes the outside Broadcasts went ahead as planned and i think people must be saving the comments for Friday.
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aconnell
Bill was in Glasgow on Monday, doing a football story at his team Wycombe Warriors' stadium Tuesday and today in the Peak District where he lives. He's been doing lives into the programme throughout the morning from what I've seen.

Not sure what the plan is tomorrow, but I'm sure we'll all be talking on Friday!
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Stuart
He said today was the last of his OBs, so perhaps he is in the studio Thurs/Fri in the main presenter role.
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Brekkie
Thanks. Obviously not as worthy of discussion as GMB moving their headline from 7.15 to 7.45.

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