IS
He wasn't sacked, and of course the BBC couldn't sack him as he's a Met Office employee.
He was one of the forecasters sidelined due to cost cutting when the Met Office renewed their contract in 2010.
At the time it was reported that he was going to be the weather forecaster on 5 Live Breakfast but I don't know if that happened. I did hear him doing the weather on Danny Baker's programme the other week though (and he seemed to make a bit of an idiot of himself)
He was one of the forecasters sidelined due to cost cutting when the Met Office renewed their contract in 2010.
At the time it was reported that he was going to be the weather forecaster on 5 Live Breakfast but I don't know if that happened. I did hear him doing the weather on Danny Baker's programme the other week though (and he seemed to make a bit of an idiot of himself)
KN
That suggests that the BBC has no say in who presents the weather which is surely not the case?
He wasn't sacked, and of course
the BBC couldn't sack him as he's a Met Office employee.
He was one of the forecasters sidelined due to cost cutting when the Met Office renewed their contract in 2010.
At the time it was reported that he was going to be the weather forecaster on 5 Live Breakfast but I don't know if that happened. I did hear him doing the weather on Danny Baker's programme the other week though (and he seemed to make a bit of an idiot of himself)
He was one of the forecasters sidelined due to cost cutting when the Met Office renewed their contract in 2010.
At the time it was reported that he was going to be the weather forecaster on 5 Live Breakfast but I don't know if that happened. I did hear him doing the weather on Danny Baker's programme the other week though (and he seemed to make a bit of an idiot of himself)
That suggests that the BBC has no say in who presents the weather which is surely not the case?
LL
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So is that the final live forecast from TVC completely? Surely Breakfast on Sunday and Monday will require lives and on the NC until at least 12.30pm on Monday afternoon.
BA
That suggests that the BBC has no say in who presents the weather which is surely not the case?
I guess UK Met Office is the one that employs the staffs & gives them their assignment (e.g.: the network), but the network is the one that assigns the shift?
He wasn't sacked, and of course
the BBC couldn't sack him as he's a Met Office employee.
That suggests that the BBC has no say in who presents the weather which is surely not the case?
I guess UK Met Office is the one that employs the staffs & gives them their assignment (e.g.: the network), but the network is the one that assigns the shift?
KN
The chap just on the news channel said they were now entering the final 24 hours of broadcasting from this studio at TVC so evidently not.
So is that the final live forecast from TVC completely? Surely Breakfast on Sunday and Monday will require lives and on the NC until at least 12.30pm on Monday afternoon.
The chap just on the news channel said they were now entering the final 24 hours of broadcasting from this studio at TVC so evidently not.
HE
Is there any other provider of weather info in the UK beside the MET office? I mean who else does BBC consider when it comes to making sense of the weather?
He wasn't sacked, and of course the BBC couldn't sack him as he's a Met Office employee.
He was one of the forecasters sidelined due to cost cutting when the Met Office renewed their contract in 2010 .
At the time it was reported that he was going to be the weather forecaster on 5 Live Breakfast but I don't know if that happened. I did hear him doing the weather on Danny Baker's programme the other week though (and he seemed to make a bit of an idiot of himself)
He was one of the forecasters sidelined due to cost cutting when the Met Office renewed their contract in 2010 .
At the time it was reported that he was going to be the weather forecaster on 5 Live Breakfast but I don't know if that happened. I did hear him doing the weather on Danny Baker's programme the other week though (and he seemed to make a bit of an idiot of himself)
Is there any other provider of weather info in the UK beside the MET office? I mean who else does BBC consider when it comes to making sense of the weather?
IS
I'm sure they can.... but not appearing on air doesn't mean they've been fired
That suggests that the BBC has no say in who presents the weather which is surely not the case?
I'm sure they can.... but not appearing on air doesn't mean they've been fired
IS
A good question, as WatchingTV mentions, the Press Association's Meteo is one of the major ones. The Royal Meteorological Society lists a few more. There are some slightly iffy weather forecasters around, the ones who supply certain tabloid newspapers!
Of course it's not that the BBC decides to choose, such contracts have to be put out to tender.
Is there any other provider of weather info in the UK beside the MET office? I mean who else does BBC consider when it comes to making sense of the weather?
A good question, as WatchingTV mentions, the Press Association's Meteo is one of the major ones. The Royal Meteorological Society lists a few more. There are some slightly iffy weather forecasters around, the ones who supply certain tabloid newspapers!
Of course it's not that the BBC decides to choose, such contracts have to be put out to tender.