On Sat, 9 Mar 2013, Eskimo Will wrote

"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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I see Tomas Schaffernaker is back. His latest effort (R4, 5.58
pm) was the usual compendium of chaos, jumping all over the place like
a demented grasshopper and the normal incompetent delivery with pauses
all in the wrong places. Some of it was seriously misleading.
For the BBC the weather forecast is just a nuisance, to be
compressed beyond usefulness and to be got out of the way a quickly as
possible so as to make way for really important stuff such as trailers
and listeners' emails. An additional feature this week has been that
the forecaster has had to provide a local forecast for someone who has
emailed in saying they are getting married/going to a rugby match/
holding a tortoise-polishing competition etc etc. Hey, what fun!
It's quite clear from the forecaster's delivery what he or she thinks
of this nonsense and it eats into the time available for the proper
forecast.
This is weather forecasts as entertainment, something that in
the past would be associated with a down-market TV channel. Radio 4
ought to be ashamed of itself.
The Met Office doesn't give a toss; at least there is no
evidence known to me that they do - they are simply no longer required
to.


You are right the MetO *desperately need* the BBC contract for services
as it is good for the *brand* and will bend over backwards to maintain
it. You are also right that the R4 forecasts nowadays are pathetic. In
the past it was a full 5 minutes. As for Schafernacker ........ he was
head-hunted by the BBC because the women like his good looks
apparently, can't see it myself :-)


On the radio?

Not my type, though, whatever.


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Kate B

PS nospam means nospam. But umra at cockaigne dot org dot uk will get through!