In pictures: A look back at the life of Bill Turnbull

Presenter Bill Turnbull, who died aged 66, was a gen ie and r fixture on UK TV screens for almost 35 years.

He joined BBC One's Breakfast program as a fresh-faced reporter in 1988. Stints as a news correspondent and Washington correspondent followed, before Turnbull returned to Breakfast as a presenter in 2001. 2009" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk /news/240/cpsprodpb/A0DF/production/_126538114_breakfast_2009_2.jpg 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/A0DF/production/_126538114_breakfast_2009_2.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci .co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/A0DF/production/_126538114_breakfast_2009_2.jpg 480w, https:/ /ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/A0DF/production/_126538114_breakfast_2009_2.jpg 800w, https://ichef.bbci.co. en/news/976/cps prodpb/A0DF/production/_126538114_breakfast_2009_2.jpg 976w" type="image/jpeg" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/A0DF/production/ _126538114_breakfast_2009_2.jpg" width=" 976" height="549" loading="lazy" class="ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0"/>

Ses co -animators included Sian Williams, with whom he shared the famous red sofa for 11 years, until his departure in 2012.