On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 2:08:34 AM UTC, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Monday, 6 January 2014 19:31:13 UTC, Paul wrote:

Hurricanes and Heatwaves: The Highs and Lows of British Weather 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 Yet as hand-drawn maps have been replaced by weather apps, the bigger drama of global warming has been playing itself out as if to prove that we were right all along to obsess about the weather.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 choir. Some preview clips he http://www..bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03p7jh9 -- Regards, Paul http://airportwebcams.net



I won't be watching it as it will remind me what stupid patronising nonsense current BBC weather output is despite improvements in both technology and forecasting techniques. What an irony!



Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

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It might have some entertainment value.

They did a similar programme called '40 years of weather forecasts' in 1994..
That is , looking at how the forecasts and presenters had changed 1954-1994..
I still have it on VHS cassette.

One of the more amusing parts of the programme considered how pretty the female weather presenters had to be. It was reported that one of the tabloids was running a bonk-ability score for each female weather presenter.

I doubt this aspect will be covered on this Wednesday's programme. BBC4 9.30pm.

Technology has come on apace since 1994.
Are the weather forecasts any prettier though?

Len
Wembury, SW Devon