Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?
--
John Hall
"One can certainly imagine the myriad of uses
for a hand-held iguana maker"
Hobbes (the tiger, not the philosopher!)

On 31/03/17 18:58, John Hall wrote:
In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?

I saw a few comments on Twitter over the past couple of days from BBC
colleagues.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
Web-site: http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear,
or an idiot from any direction! [Irish proverb]

On Friday, 31 March 2017 22:31:06 UTC+1, Graham P Davis wrote:
On 31/03/17 18:58, John Hall wrote:
In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?

I saw a few comments on Twitter over the past couple of days from BBC
colleagues.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
Web-site: http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear,
or an idiot from any direction! [Irish proverb]

He has left the BBC, he has confirmed it on his Twitter account.
I last saw him yesterday after the lunchtime news and did not know he was leaving.

Nicholas

On 31/03/2017 23:10, Nicholas Randall wrote:
On Friday, 31 March 2017 22:31:06 UTC+1, Graham P Davis wrote:
On 31/03/17 18:58, John Hall wrote:
In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?

I saw a few comments on Twitter over the past couple of days from BBC
colleagues.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
Web-site: http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear,
or an idiot from any direction! [Irish proverb]

He has left the BBC, he has confirmed it on his Twitter account.
I last saw him yesterday after the lunchtime news and did not know he was leaving.

Nicholas



The BBC was too europhilic for him. BBC = Euro Pravda.

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In message , Graham P Davis
writes
On 31/03/17 18:58, John Hall wrote:
In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?

I saw a few comments on Twitter over the past couple of days from BBC
colleagues.


That's a shame. I think he was probably the best of the BBC
forecasters/presenters. Hopefully we will still see him from time to
time freelancing in documentaries, something that he seems to have been
doing increasingly over the last few years.
--
John Hall
"One can certainly imagine the myriad of uses
for a hand-held iguana maker"
Hobbes (the tiger, not the philosopher!)

John Hall wrote:

In message , Graham P Davis
writes
On 31/03/17 18:58, John Hall wrote:
In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?

I saw a few comments on Twitter over the past couple of days from BBC
colleagues.


That's a shame. I think he was probably the best of the BBC
forecasters/presenters. Hopefully we will still see him from time to time
freelancing in documentaries, something that he seems to have been doing
increasingly over the last few years.

As he said on Twitter - "Time to try something new". I can certainly identify
with that thought. At various stages in my career I've taken 'leaps of faith'
into the unknown. It's what has sustained my career. Always stayed in
meteorology, though. Now into the second half of my 6th decade in the business.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr

John Hall wrote:

In message , Graham P Davis
writes
On 31/03/17 18:58, John Hall wrote:
In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?

I saw a few comments on Twitter over the past couple of days from BBC
colleagues.


That's a shame. I think he was probably the best of the BBC
forecasters/presenters. Hopefully we will still see him from time to time
freelancing in documentaries, something that he seems to have been doing
increasingly over the last few years.


John presented the forecast on the BBC Derby Twitter feed this evening.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr

On Friday, 14 April 2017 22:10:07 UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
John Hall wrote:

In message , Graham P Davis
writes
On 31/03/17 18:58, John Hall wrote:
In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?

I saw a few comments on Twitter over the past couple of days from BBC
colleagues.


That's a shame. I think he was probably the best of the BBC
forecasters/presenters. Hopefully we will still see him from time to time
freelancing in documentaries, something that he seems to have been doing
increasingly over the last few years.


John presented the forecast on the BBC Derby Twitter feed this evening.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr

He did the weather on BBC Midlands Today this afternoon and evening.

Nicholas

On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 11:20:39 PM UTC+1, Nicholas Randall wrote:
On Friday, 14 April 2017 22:10:07 UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
John Hall wrote:

In message , Graham P Davis
writes
On 31/03/17 18:58, John Hall wrote:
In message , Ron Button
writes
Does anybody know where John Hammond is going....?
Commercial station maybe ...

RonB

I hadn't heard that he was going anywhere. Where did you hear that he
was leaving?

I saw a few comments on Twitter over the past couple of days from BBC
colleagues.


That's a shame. I think he was probably the best of the BBC
forecasters/presenters. Hopefully we will still see him from time to time
freelancing in documentaries, something that he seems to have been doing
increasingly over the last few years.


John presented the forecast on the BBC Derby Twitter feed this evening.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr

He did the weather on BBC Midlands Today this afternoon and evening.

Nicholas

It's a shame to see him go - but they do seem to pop up elsewhere. I remember when David Braine left, also the best forecaster at the time he left, but I understand he's now part of the furniture at Spotlight South West