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LL
London Lite Founding member
The Beeb also utilise some of their regional weather presenters. Keeley Donovan has covered bulletins, reported for Inside Out and Countryfile's daytime spin-off, Paul Hudson presents Inside Out Yorks/Lincs and Wendy Hurrell is also an arts reporter for BBC London News.
JE
Jez Founding member
Simon Parkin has done the weather for Wales a few times. We tend to get Kerrie and Jo from Granada as cover more than presenters from other regions when the usual relief presenters James, Helen, Amanda etc aren't available. Last Thursday Kerrie presented the Wales weather and Amanda Houston did Friday.
Last edited by Jez on 20 March 2017 1:29pm
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Looks like new graphics are imminent on the BBC with regional teams being trained on the new systems



DA
thedailydom
Good Morning Britain have got into the trend of using strange and sometimes shaky camera angles when they do the weather, why? Wish they would resolve that.
DK
DanielK
Good Morning Britain have got into the trend of using strange and sometimes shaky camera angles when they do the weather, why? Wish they would resolve that.

Probably best to discuss it in the GMB thread, in TV Home
RD
RDJ
John Hammond leaves the BBC at the end of this week. His last forecast is after tonight's Ten on BBC One.



SN
The SNT Three
RDJ posted:
John Hammond leaves the BBC at the end of this week. His last forecast is after tonight's Ten on BBC One.





... and got caught out at the end of the six o'clock news because he hadn't miked up in time. Oops!
MF
MatthewFirth
Anyone know where he's heading?
GE
thegeek Founding member
RDJ posted:
John Hammond leaves the BBC at the end of this week. His last forecast is after tonight's Ten on BBC One.

I don't think this tremendous opener got posted here last month:





(with apologies for the terrible clip, it's the only one I could find of it)
RN
Rolling News
And he's just done his last forecast on the News Channel. Didn't seem to want too much of a fuss.
LO
lobster
When do Meteogroup take over the BBC Weather contract? All the reports from a couple years ago say Spring 2017, given John Hammond has left, it would indicate the change could be as soon as Monday?
BB
BBI45
When do Meteogroup take over the BBC Weather contract? All the reports from a couple years ago say Spring 2017, given John Hammond has left, it would indicate the change could be as soon as Monday?

A BBC News report said a 'Vast majority' of presenters would be staying at the BBC. However, as it didn't say all, the departure of John Hammond could be an indicator of the take over of the contract, or he could just be leaving for other reasons and it is just by chance that he is leaving around the time the new contract is due to come into effect.

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