Classic FM to broadcast tribute programme to Bill Turnbull

Classic FM is to broadcast a special tribute programme this weekend to Bill Turnbull, who sadly passed away on Wednesday.

Remembering Bill Turnbull will be broadcast tomorrow, Saturday 3 September, from 10am to 1pm – in what would have been Bill’s usual programme – and will be presented by his Classic FM colleague Aled Jones.

 The three-hour programme will feature some of Bill’s favourite classical music, including William Lloyd Webber’s Serenade for Strings, The Humming Chorus by Puccini, Mozart’s Così fan Tutte and The Armed Man by Sir Karl Jenkins, along with a number of his favourite film and television themes, including Band of Brothers, Inspector Morse, Brideshead Revisited and Thunderbirds.

 The show will be interspersed with personal tributes and messages from other broadcasters who knew him best, as well as his fellow Classic FM presenters and his many listeners who enjoyed his company on the station. It will include some of Bill’s on-air highlights from his shows on Classic FM too.

 The programme will also help continue Bill’s legacy to raise awareness of prostate cancer and encourage more men to get themselves checked.