BBC's Carol Kirkwood recalls 'getting jugs out' in mortifying Bill Turnbull moment
dailystar.co.ukBBC 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. READ MORE: Alex Jones pays tribute to late Bill Turnbull, calling him 'kind and generous' 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."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."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.
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