On Monday, 6 January 2014 19:31:13 UTC, Paul wrote:
Hurricanes and Heatwaves: The Highs and Lows of British Weather



DURATION: 1 HOUR
Sounds like an hour too long.

DURATION: 1 HOUR
A glorious national obsession is explored in this archive-rich look at
the evolution of the weather forecast from print via radio to TV and
beyond - and at the changing weather itself. It shows how the Met Office
and the BBC have always used the latest technology to bring the holy
grail of accurate forecasting that much closer - even if the odd
messenger like TV weatherman Michael Fish has been shot along the way.
Yet as hand-drawn maps have been replaced by weather apps, the bigger
drama of global warming has been playing itself out as if to prove that
we were right all along to obsess about the weather. Featuring a very
special rendition of the shipping forecast by a Cornish fishermen's

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03p7jh9

More cock from the BBC. They do **** poor PR and even their PR is better than their output. The so called British obsession is nothing of the sort. This is reflected in the BBC's output. Even Dr Who gets more cover and when was that even borderline entertainment?