Met Office loses BBC contract

[moorlander]

yes, sorry to see Alex will no longer be doing the BBC broadcasts, always liked his style of presenting.

[Summer Sun]

John Hammond is leaving BBC weather his last BBC 1 broadcast is 6:25pm and 10:45pm tonight

Edited March 28, 2017 by Summer Sun

[Cheshire Freeze]

14 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

John Hammond is leaving BBC weather his last BBC 1 broadcast is 6:25pm and 10:45pm tonight

Nooooooo

Hammond will be a sore miss IMO...one of the better presenters for sure.

[Nick L]

All the good ones have pretty much gone. Rob McElwee, Phil Avery, Peter Gibbs, now John Hammond. They're being removed for a team of Tomasz Schafernakers

[RobR]

I like Tomasz and don't find any of the others as interesting as him. We're left with a bunch of dullards now bar Helen Willett.

[Summer Sun]

The main forecasters at the beeb who are believed to be employed by the met office are; John Hammond, Alex Deakin, Thomasz Schafernaker, Helen Willetts and Louise Lear

John Hammond is leaving and Alex Deakin left last year

[Winter Cold]

Do we know where he is going to? I liked John, ill be sure to watch his last forecast tonight then!

Used to be able to spot Rob McElwee on Al Jazeera, but not sure if hes still there?

[ANYWEATHER]

3 hours ago, CreweCold said:

Nooooooo

Hammond will be a sore miss IMO...one of the better presenters for sure.

Certainly Like John Hammond , he really told the proper story of the weather the day ahead, But Alas change is needed otherwise it gets a little bit stale

[Crepuscular Ray]

30 minutes ago, Winter Cold said:

Do we know where he is going to? I liked John, ill be sure to watch his last forecast tonight then!

Used to be able to spot Rob McElwee on Al Jazeera, but not sure if hes still there?

Rob's still at AJE, although he's back in the UK for a couple of weeks at the mo. I'm working with him on an antique double-decker bus (probably this one:

at the weekend. Yay!! )

[Crepuscular Ray]

54 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

The main forecasters at the beeb who are believed to be employed by the met office are; John Hammond, Alex Deakin, Thomasz Schafernaker, Helen Willetts and Louise Lear

John Hammond is leaving and Alex Deakin left last year

They are now all BBC employees. Their contracts were transferred.

As far as I'm aware, Nick, Phil is still there. Or has he left in the last couple of weeks?

[Jo Farrow]

25 minutes ago, Crepuscular Ray said:

Rob's still at AJE, although he's back in the UK for a couple of weeks at the mo. I'm working with him on an antique double-decker bus (probably this one:

at the weekend. Yay!! )

 

and I thought the bus story was an urban myth, love it

[Jo Farrow]

16 minutes ago, Crepuscular Ray said:

They are now all BBC employees. Their contracts were transferred.

As far as I'm aware, Nick, Phil is still there. Or has he left in the last couple of weeks?

 

Not sure that is true yet, Most of those were Met Office staff (for decades) and would be transfered over to the new data/forecast provider whenever that does occur. Those who don't want to move could apply for another post within the Met Office, like Alex D seems to have done. 

[Nick L]

1 hour ago, Crepuscular Ray said:

They are now all BBC employees. Their contracts were transferred.

As far as I'm aware, Nick, Phil is still there. Or has he left in the last couple of weeks?

Oh is he? Can tell I don't watch BBC forecasts much these days!

[Jo Farrow]

contract thing who knows. Alex Deakin does Met Office broadcasts from Exeter now, on their own website feed

[Summer Sun]

20 hours ago, Nick L said:

Oh is he? Can tell I don't watch BBC forecasts much these days!

Aye he's still at the beeb

[Fourty Point Three Degrees]

John Hammond leaving, no way!!!.He was the best one.  I will miss his "I'll update you again tomorrow" line at the end of his week ahead forecasts.

Hope he makes a comes back, they sometimes do.

[Summer Sun]

John Hammond will be on the national forecast at 13:30 on BBC 1

[mb018538]

Shame to see John Hammond gone as others have said, very skilled at his job! Never fluffs his lines, explains things well, and doesn't add unnecessary waffle like Tomasz Schaernaker likes to do. There are still a few of the old guard left too.

As an aside, I'm not overly keen on the broadcasters we have on Look East, I much preferred Paul Hudson for the weather forecasts when I lived in Yorkshire! Alex Dolan splutters too much and Chris Bell has the weirdest accent you can imagine. Dan Holley isn't too bad, and Julie Reinger is ok as well.....but nothing compared to the national forecasters.

[Summer Sun]

 

[staplehurst]

On 3/30/2017 at 15:23, mb018538 said:

As an aside, I'm not overly keen on the broadcasters we have on Look East, I much preferred Paul Hudson for the weather forecasts when I lived in Yorkshire! Alex Dolan splutters too much and Chris Bell has the weirdest accent you can imagine. Dan Holley isn't too bad, and Julie Reinger is ok as well.....but nothing compared to the national forecasters.

We try our best 

Agree though, it's a shame John is leaving - but can understand why after doing shift work for such a long time. I'm sure we'll (hopefully) see him again somewhere in the not-too-distant future.

Edited March 31, 2017 by staplehurst

[Summer Sun]

No more night shifts from the end of May

https://twitter.com/MetMattTaylor/status/860193744053784576

 

[Nick L]

10 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

No more night shifts from the end of May

https://twitter.com/MetMattTaylor/status/860193744053784576

 

Wuss! Give me the night shift over the day any...erm...day

[Summer Sun]

Still, no word yet if today is the last day the met office provide the data MeteoGroup were due to take over this spring

[Stuart]

I sure we will know tomorrow 

[Evening thunder]

I was going to ask if there was any news - I thought initially it was due to change in 2016 (may be wrong though), and then heard 'Spring 2017'