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NW
nwtv2003
Andrew posted:
Granada had no weather presenter for years.


Indeed, the closest we got for years was Fred Talbot reading the Weather on Granada Tonight over a slide of a picture painted by a child. It was only when GMG introduced generic graphics across the board was when we had proper in-vision weather was introduced, it was only in 2009 it returned to Manchester.
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Andrew posted:

It's quite unusual that with all the cut backs on both BBC & ITV, weather is one area that is better now than in the regional heydays and there is great importance that all forecasts must be done properly by a presenter in front of a map.


That's not a trend reflected by Sky News however.
AS
Asa Admin
A similar shot shown in another thread I know but here's Peter Gibbs showing off the "poignant" final map at 2230.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/61937094/finalceefax.jpg
GE
thegeek Founding member
Interesting header line - I guess it's come from the machine they use for generating it.

Matt Taylor mentioned on Breakfast that it was easy to accidentally extend the Isle of Man to become a bridge between Northern Ireland and the mainland, hinting that he'd done it himself on occasion.
PE
Pete Founding member
*

Indeed here is the map being created.

Interesting mug.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Andrew posted:
When people look back at the 80s & 90s are compare to now, mostly you see things that have been reduced/cut back/no regionalism etc.

But one thing that the regions took a long time to get going was weather. Many ITV regions were still using forecasts read out by the continuity announcer outside of the main programme into the early/mid 90s. Granada had no weather presenter for years.


I remember ITV London using the ITV national weather team to present local bulletins until I think it was around 2005/06 when Chrissie Reidy and Robin McCallum were moved from the national to become the new London only presenters.

LWT had Femi Oke who moved to CNN and Rianna Scipio in the ealry 90s pre LNN.

On a slightly different topic, the BBC regional weather hubs at Leeds and Nottingham are already in operation, London is next Monday and I would have thought Plymouth which has been doing bits and bobs for Points West and South Today will become fully operational next week too.
SW
Steve Williams
Andrew posted:
Granada had no weather presenter for years.


And neither did BBC North West until Dianne Oxberry arrived in the mid-nineties. Fred was always the Granada weatherman but, apart from on This Morning, he never used a map.
GH
George Hill
BBC WORLD posted:
a516 posted:
BBC WORLD posted:
Ooh La La!

We have a new weatherman on BBC World.

Ooh La La. That's all I'm a saying.


Ben Rich?


That's him, yes.


Has he now joined the national weather team? I just heard him doing the weather on the Today programme. Has he been on domestic TV yet?
DS
Dan S
George Hill posted:
BBC WORLD posted:
a516 posted:
BBC WORLD posted:
Ooh La La!

We have a new weatherman on BBC World.

Ooh La La. That's all I'm a saying.


Ben Rich?


That's him, yes.


Has he now joined the national weather team? I just heard him doing the weather on the Today programme. Has he been on domestic TV yet?


He's doing the forecasts on the BBC News Channel this morning.
AN
all new Phil
This pleases me.
GA
Gareth Founding member
Look East had a local weather presenter (Alex) at lunchtime today rather than one from the hub at BBC London (which they had at Breakfast). Does anyone know if this will continue with BBC East choosing to have more local forecasters or whether it's just as the hub settles in?

Gareth
AC
aconnell
Gareth posted:
Look East had a local weather presenter (Alex) at lunchtime today rather than one from the hub at BBC London (which they had at Breakfast). Does anyone know if this will continue with BBC East choosing to have more local forecasters or whether it's just as the hub settles in?

Gareth


The East has Weatherquest in Norwich with many presenters coming from there to present for them on their bulletins. Whether that continues or not, I don't know. They are at an advantage to other regions though.

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