Anthea and Wendy Turner revealed what made their sisterhood stronger during an appearance on This Morning on Tuesday.
The television presenter, 64, and her journalist sister, 57, were on the famous sofa to chat about their joint project of writing children’s books.
Anthea commented on how crucial their bond was in allowing for a smooth working partnership, but the sisters haven’t always been close.
It was their mother’s illness that brought them together again and forced them to put aside any disagreements.
Anthea and Wendy Turner revealed what made their sisterhood stronger during an appearance on This Morning on Tuesday.
The television presenter, 64, and her journalist sister, 57, were on the famous sofa to chat about their joint project of writing children’s books
‘The interesting thing is that they both have this intrinsic friendship and brotherhood, they are very close, but they had a big fight. Our phone conversation today is about family disputes and I think one of the things you’ll want to understand is ‘how do you heal a breakup?’ asked host Ben Shepherd.
Speaking of their rekindled relationship, Wendy recalled: “Well, I guess in our case the fact that our mother got sick and then died certainly helped. We had to come together for our dad’s sake.
“It’s really hard because it just happened.”
Anthea then gave advice to anyone else who found themselves in a similar situation.
She said, “What is least said is what is best fixed,” and sometimes things are not analyzed. You’re sisters, we just talked about the landmarks there, for whatever reason, you’re back together.’
And Wendy added: “We never analyze what went wrong or what went right.”
Speaking about her latest children’s book Underneath the Underground: Further Tales, Anthea proudly said: “It’s very easy to work together because our reference point is exactly the same.” We don’t have to explain anything.’
In early May, Anthea vowed that she and Janet Ellis could “save” Blue Peter, after it was reported that the BBC was planning a major restructuring to ditch live broadcasting.
Anthea commented on how crucial their bond was in allowing for a smooth working partnership, but the sisters haven’t always been close.
Speaking of their rekindled relationship, Wendy recalled: “Well, I guess in our case the fact that our mother got sick and then died certainly helped. We had to come together for our father’s sake.
The presenter, who fronted the children’s favorite show from 1992 to 1994, said it would be a “shame” if the show abandoned its live episodes, and she and her former host Janet Ellis said they would jump at the chance to front the show. new.
speaking to Mirror, Anthea said: ‘We are here! We’ve got all the credentials, we’ve got our badges… Of course we’d come back,” before laughing at Janet: “We could save Blue Peter.”
Anthea added: “It would be a shame if it wasn’t broadcast live.” Blue Peter needs presenters who can work live. You need that advantage; living will always give you that advantage.”
During her time as a Blue Peter presenter, Anthea delivered a now-iconic creation recreating the famous Thunderbirds Tracy Island, considered one of the most difficult crafts in the show’s history.
Despite being a BBC staple for almost seven decades, the channel has put production of the children’s TV favorite out to tender in a bid to revive the programme’s fortunes.
Speaking about her latest children’s book Underneath the Underground: Further Tales, Anthea proudly said: ‘It’s very easy to work together because our reference point is exactly the same. We don’t have to explain anything’
Blue Peter was first launched in 1958 and is the longest-running children’s television series in the world.
At its peak, the show had eight million viewers per episode, but now only 37,700 people tune in each week.
CBBC’s current presenters are Shini Muthukrishnan, Joel Mawhinney and Abby Cook, along with Henry the dog.
However, the presenters could face a big change in programming, as the BBC has said they are “open” to regularly mixing up their presenters.
A BBC spokesman said: “The tender is a procedural document and getting more information out of it is total speculation.” Blue Peter has a bright future.