![]() ![]() "Bill, who reached the normal Civil Service retiring age of 60, last week, has been cleared of the charges which would have amounted to serious misconduct. However, during his time as a weather forecaster, it is reported that he also won an appeal against a ruling by The Met Office, saying that he had bullied and intimidated TV colleagues.Ī spokesperson for the Met Office said at the time in 1999: "The Met Office has completed its investigation into the allegations of deliberate harassment and bullying made by Richard Edgar against Bill Giles, its senior weatherman at the BBC Weather Centre. In 2000, Bill retired from the Met Office after a long career in TV weather forecasting, but has since co-authored the book A Climate Of Change. Bill Gilesīill Giles presented the weather on the BBC during the eighties (Image: BBC)īill Giles presented BBC weather forecasts in the eighties, after previously working as a lecturer for the Met Office College in the late sixties.Īfter beginning his broadcasting career in 1972, he landed his BBC role in 1983, following the retirement of Jack Scott. The weather forecaster was not the only famous meteorologist in her family however, as her aunt is Claire Martin, who presented weather forecasts on CBC Television in Canada.Īway from the limelight, Barbara married Kenneth Wilson in 1976. The forecaster also revealed to the BBC in 2014 that after leaving the Met Office, she made a career u-turn and took up a job working part time in a University Library. She later returned to present the weather on BBC Radio. The star remained on our screens for more than four years, but was sadly subjected to horrid remarks from some viewers, who criticised the way she dressed.īarbara later spoke about becoming tired of fame, saying to The Daily Express: "I'm glad I took the challenge but I'm glad to be forgotten." She had previously worked for the Met Office and as a weather forecaster for Gatwick Airport and Heathrow Airport, before landing a role on BBC radio between 1970 to 1974. Presenting alongside Tom Clifton, they became the first weather personality celebrities, with the press at the time naming them "Mr Shower and Mr Shine" and "Mr West and Mr Dry".īarbara Edwards was the first female weather presenter on the BBC (Image: BBC)īarbara Edwards was another history making meteorologist, after she became the first female weather presenter on the BBC in January 1974. The broadcasts were much different from what we know today, with the BBC describing the presenter as using "charcoal sticks to draw weather features on two charts, one for today and one for tomorrow's forecast." Long before Tomasz Schafanaker, Owain Wyn Evans or Carol Kirkwood, another meteorologist made history when they became the first person to broadcast the weather live on TV.Īfter working as a weather forecaster for the Royal Air Force (RAF), George Cowling joined the BBC and presented the first televised weather broadcast on January 11, 1954. Queen 'had secret crush' on popular BBC weatherman and always watched him in final days.Queen's 'crush' BBC star Tomasz Schafernaker – rude on-air gaffe to 'porn star' look.George Cowling was the first person to present the weather on the BBC (Image: BBC) Read More Related Articles
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