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The first BBC weather forecast was a shipping forecast, broadcast on the radio on behalf of the Met Office on 14 November 1922, and the first daily weather forecast was broadcast on 26 March 1923. In 1936, the BBC experimented with the world's first televised weather maps, brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. The map filled the ...
The forecast was broadcast on the BBC National Programme until September 1939, and then after the Second World War on the BBC Light Programme (later BBC Radio 2) until November 1978. When BBC Radio 4 took over the longwave frequency from Radio 2 on 23 November 1978, the Shipping Forecast was moved to Radio 4 to keep it broadcasting on longwave.
He then moved to Glasgow to present the BBC's Reporting Scotland weather forecasts alongside Judith Ralston, Stav Danaos and Cat Cubie. [2] In 2012, he met and presented alongside Prince Charles, while the prince was on a visit to BBC Pacific Quay. [3] With assistance from Blanchett, the prince presented the weather segment.
Francis Alfred Wilson, FRMetS, CMet (Chartered Meteorologist), [1] (born 27 February 1949) [2] is a Scottish-born weather forecaster, from Buckinghamshire, who was a presenter and the Head of Weather on the BBC's Breakfast Time and Breakfast News from 1983 until 1992, and Sky News from 1993 until 2010.
BBC national and regional weather forecasters, current, former and retired. Pages in category "BBC weather forecasters" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
In 2006, Stav applied to join the BBC Weather Centre as a presenter. He joined the team and began presenting forecasts in February 2007. He began presenting weather for regional BBC news programmes such as Reporting Scotland. He has also done presenting work in Newcastle, Northern Ireland and Birmingham. Danaos joined the BBC's national news ...
She became BBC Scotland's senior weather forecaster, and gave her final broadcast for Reporting Scotland on 22 December 2009. [2] [3] Reid now works as a science education consultant, and in the public promotion of science. [2] From 1999 to 2001 Reid was Chairperson of the Institute of Physics in Scotland, she has also served as a Council ...
Batty joined the Met Office as a weather observer at the School of Army Aviation at Middle Wallop airbase near Andover, Hampshire. He later worked with the ITV Weather team preparing TV weather graphics and maps for S4C, UTV and ITV. In 2004, he joined the BBC as a broadcast assistant. Seán has been working in Scotland for STV Weather since ...