In case you haven't found this, Jim Bacon, a name that will be
familiar to many of us over a certain age, is doing an occasional
stint on the Mo Dutta BBC Radio 2 Saturday show.

Mo used to have a quiz (phone-in) around 0735, but when the various
'scandals' blew up in the middle of last year, they were stopped, and
the slot was filled for some time by a travel information slot.

Then late last autumn, on alternate Saturdays, up popped said Jim
Bacon to talk about the weather. In the beginning, he seemed to be a
bit 'nonplussed' by Mr. Dutta's brand of 'humour' (and I don't always
appreciate it), but cleverly, the information about the background to
current weather events has been filtered in & expanded.

This morning's insert was particularly good I thought, and showed what
can be done by someone with deep meteorological knowledge AND the
background in broadcast journalism.

If you want to 'Listen Again', use this link .....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/dutta/

about 1h 35 mins into the programme (i.e. around 0735)

It reminded me of the inserts that Philip Eden used to do on BBC Radio
Bedfordshire of the 1980s for those that could hear same, but without
the jokes!

In my experience, there is an audience for this sort of thing, and Jim
is showing how it should/could be done.

(and yes, I am biased: I worked alongside him at London Weather Centre
and am a huge fan!)

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
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Martin Rowley wrote:



In my experience, there is an audience for this sort of thing, and Jim
is showing how it should/could be done.

(and yes, I am biased: I worked alongside him at London Weather Centre
and am a huge fan!)

Martin.

I too worked alongside Jim, but at the telly. As you suggest, one of the
greats.

varnish wrote:
Martin Rowley wrote:


In my experience, there is an audience for this sort of thing, and Jim
is showing how it should/could be done.

(and yes, I am biased: I worked alongside him at London Weather Centre
and am a huge fan!)

Martin.

I too worked alongside Jim, but at the telly. As you suggest, one of the
greats.

Jim Bacon often does the weather on BBC East during the week if Julia
isn't there.

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

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Martin Rowley wrote:

[snip]

This morning's insert was particularly good I thought, and showed what
can be done by someone with deep meteorological knowledge AND the
background in broadcast journalism.

If you want to 'Listen Again', use this link .....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/dutta/

about 1h 35 mins into the programme (i.e. around 0735)

Just listened to this and can conclude that it was excellent - conveying
a lot of meteorology accessibly yet without dumbing down.

--
Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. http://pippin.co.uk/
Local weather: http://bobcox.com/filton-weather/#latest
Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter: http://counter.li.org/
Debian on NSLU2 Slug: http://bobcox.com/slug/

In article ,
Bob Cox wrote:

Just listened to this and can conclude that it was excellent

Oh dear. Not sure how that happened. I think I must have meant
"concur".

--
Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. http://pippin.co.uk/
Local weather: http://bobcox.com/filton-weather/#latest
Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter: http://counter.li.org/
Debian on NSLU2 Slug: http://bobcox.com/slug/

Excellent. BBC take note. We want more in-depth weather broadcasting
like that..

Jack

"Bob Cox" wrote in message
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In article ,
Martin Rowley wrote:

[snip]

This morning's insert was particularly good I thought, and showed what
can be done by someone with deep meteorological knowledge AND the
background in broadcast journalism.

If you want to 'Listen Again', use this link .....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/dutta/

about 1h 35 mins into the programme (i.e. around 0735)

Just listened to this and can conclude that it was excellent - conveying
a lot of meteorology accessibly yet without dumbing down.


Jim's a great guy! I had the good fortune to work with him for a few years in
the early 80s, he is talented, witty, clever and has a gsh!

Must be a great asset?

Will
--

On 12 Jan, 18:48, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:
In case you haven't found this, Jim Bacon, a name that will be
familiar to many of us over a certain age, is doing an occasional
stint on the Mo Dutta BBC Radio 2 Saturday show.

Mo used to have a quiz (phone-in) around 0735, but when the various
'scandals' blew up in the middle of last year, they were stopped, and
the slot was filled for some time by a travel information slot.

Then late last autumn, on alternate Saturdays, up popped said Jim
Bacon to talk about the weather. In the beginning, he seemed to be a
bit 'nonplussed' by Mr. Dutta's brand of 'humour' (and I don't always
appreciate it), but cleverly, the information about the background to
current weather events has been filtered in & expanded.

This morning's insert was particularly good I thought, and showed what
can be done by someone with deep meteorological knowledge AND the
background in broadcast journalism.

If you want to 'Listen Again', use this link .....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/dutta/

about 1h 35 mins into the programme (i.e. around 0735)

It reminded me of the inserts that Philip Eden used to do on BBC Radio
Bedfordshire of the 1980s for those that could hear same, but without
the jokes!

In my experience, there is an audience for this sort of thing, and Jim
is showing how it should/could be done.

(and yes, I am biased: I worked alongside him at London Weather Centre
and am a huge fan!)

Martin.

--
Martin Rowley
E:
W: booty.org.uk

BBC Radio 5Live, that haven of frivolity, used to have a similar slot
during weekends when Bob Prichard used to explain the current set-up
in an extended forecast. Sadly he was axed with no warning.

In article
,
Scott W writes:
BBC Radio 5Live, that haven of frivolity, used to have a similar slot
during weekends when Bob Prichard used to explain the current set-up
in an extended forecast. Sadly he was axed with no warning.

Yes, and his forecasts were excellent. Even without the benefit of
graphics I found his presentation much clearer than that of the forecast
on Countryfile.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones

Jack ) wrote:
Excellent. BBC take note. We want more in-depth weather broadcasting
like that..

Jack
Yes but the BBC is run by Women, so nothing of any educational value
will ever be transmitted.

I shall now take cover/go into hiding.

Rob.