The Newsroom

Bill Turnbull's last week on Breakfast

Final show on Fri 26th Feb (February 2016)

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Gareth E
That sounds like fun. I'll have a go . . .

Sian Williams
Louise Minchin
Susanna Reid
Sophie Raworth
Natasha Kaplinsky
Naga Munchetty
Sally Nugent
Mishal Hussain
Kate Silverton
Steph McGovern
Kate Sanderson

And maybe . . .

Sonia Deol
Sarah Montague
Joanna Gosling
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mccanmat
Would Sue Thurle be one of them perchance?
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Rolling News
I believe Jane Hill and Emily Maitlis are 2 more from the 2003-05 era.

Sonia Deol and Sue Thearle are possibilities.Joanna Gosling made a few appearances in 2006 but don't think she presented with Bill. Hadn't Sarah Montague left by the time Bill started and been replaced by Sian Williams?
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Stitch08
I expect Jules Botfield would be one too.
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itsrobert Founding member
A few more from 2001-ish

Martine Dennis - she had a short stint of presenting Breakfast at weekends
Maxine Mawhinney - I vaguely recall her standing in once or twice during the week
Julie Etchingham - definitely came back to fill in a couple of times before she moved to Sky News.
Tanya Beckett - sometimes filled in on the main sofa
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Steve in Pudsey
Didn't Christa Ackroyd do a one off weekend, presumably a trial that didn't work out, in the era when Bill was the main weekend presenter?
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Andrew Founding member
BBC Genome seems to think the following, in order of appearance...

Sian Williams
Sophie Raworth
Julie Etchingham (twice in 2001)
Martine Denis (once in 2001)
Tanya Beckett (once in 2001)
Louise Michin (made a one off appearance in 2002 years before she became a regular)
Kate Sanderson
Jules Botfield
Susanna Reid
Joanna Gosling (twice)
Natasha Kaplinsky
Daisy Sampson (once in 2003, that's a pointless answer, well done if you got that one at home)
Mishal Hussain
Emily Maitlis (allegedly only three times)
Jane Hill (rare)
Liz Pike (once in 2004)
Maxine Mawhinney (Christmas Eve 2004)
Kate Silverton
Naga Munchetty (once spring bank 2009)

Plus all the presenters since 2010...
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Rolling News
And from looking at BBC Genome, it appears Bill Turnbull and Louise Minchin also presented the Breakfast programme on Five Live together on a few occasions in the late 1990s/early 2000s, long before they became a regular pairing on Breakfast.

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