BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood left her colleagues giggling as she shared a funny tribute to her late friend and colleague Bill Turnbull.
Bill, who presented on BBC Breakfast for 15 years, passed away aged 66 after battling prostate cancer for five years.
Appearing on air during Friday’s show, Carol recalled a moment when she left Bill in hysterics after getting her words mixed up.
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She said: “I loved working with Bill because he was so naughty, he had that little tinkle and sparkle in his eye and you didn’t always know what you were going to get.
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“Sometimes he’d deliver something so off the wall it would completely throw you but it would make you laugh because it was meant in good humour and with good spirit.
“I remember one time I was in the Blue Peter garden and I was doing an experiment with measuring jugs.
“He always called me Kirky and he said, ‘Kirky, are you going to do your experiment again in the programme?'”
She continued: “I said, ‘Yes I’ll have my jugs out in 15 minutes’ and his face was going bright red from trying not to laugh and then he just erupted and that was Billy.”
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Meanwhile, Susanna Reid appeared on the famous red sofa to pay tribute to her former colleague, who she presented alongside for 11 years.
She said on air: “He really was the best.
“He was the funniest, he was the kindest, he was the most supportive and he was the most generous. That’s no disrespect to any of my other former and present TV husbands!
“Bill really was the person who taught me everything.
“I think everybody on the programme working there now would acknowledge he was a mentor, he gave excellent advice, you wanted to meet his high standards and most of all he was just great fun to work with.”
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Former BBC star Louise Minchin also made a return to the programme to reflect on her time presenting with the TV star as the show paid tribute.
Bill first appeared on BBC in 2001 before eventually leaving the show when the production moved to Salford in 2016.
He was received his cancer diagnosis in 2017 and announced the news in 2018 to highlight the importance of getting tested.
BBC Breakfast airs weekdays at 6am on BBC1.
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