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Bill Giles
bill@weatherpeople.com
As the former Senior Weatherman at the BBC Weather Centre, Bill was born in
Dittisham, near Dartmouth in Devon. He retired from the Met Office in January
2000 after leading the team of Broadcast Meteorologists since 1983. He first
became interested in meteorology whilst at school in Crediton and joined the
Meteorological Office at Exeter in January 1957 on leaving Bristol College of
Science and Technology. Later that year he was sent to Christmas Island to observe
the immediate meteorological effects of the H-bomb tests. From 1961 to 1963
he was based in Germany as an observer with the RAF and between 1968 and 1970
worked as a lecturer at the Met Office's training college. His broadcasting
career began in 1972 when he transferred to the London Weather Centre to become
part of the team forecasting for BBC Radio. He moved to television forecasting
in 1975. In 1980 promotion took him back to Bracknell where he worked in public
relations and then, in May 1983, returned to take charge of BBC Television's
forecasting team, on the retirement of Jack Scott. October 1990 saw the publication
of his book "The Weather Story", and he presented the BBC programme "The Weather
Show", which provided an insight into the mysteries of forecasting and offered
a glimpse behind the scenes at the kind of things that can go wrong. Since his
retirement, he has been a Director of Weather Index Ltd. He has now formed his
own company The Weather People Ltd. He lives in Oxfordshire, with his wife and
has a son, Philip, and a daughter, Helen. His hobbies include golf, cricket
and gardening. He was awarded the O.B.E in the 1995 New Year's Honours for services
to broadcast meteorology.
John Teather
john@weatherpeople.com
John originally trained as a professional photographer, joining the BBC in 1966
where he was a film editor working on a variety of programmes
including Some Mothers do ave em. He joined the BBC Presentation Department as an Assistant Producer
with a wide range of duties including network directing, producing trailers,
and directing the weather. In 1975 he directed Bill Giless first broadcast.
Through the 70s and into the 80s John had many responsibilities including
network director, studio director, promotions producer, the editorial planning
of daytime transmissions, implementing a computer scheduling system, and directing
events for Eurovision. Also during this time he became more involved with weather
and was responsible for the introduction of electronic weather graphics in 1985.
He was responsible for leading the project for the BBC Weather Centre, which
opened in September 1991, and five years later for the opening of the second
phase of the centre in September 1996. John was the Editor responsible for BBC
Weather Broadcasts, responsible for running the BBC Weather Centre, with a team
of 25 broadcast meteorologists producing over 120 broadcast every 24 hours.
He was editor of the successful Weather Show series, directing and filming many
of the episodes himself. He is Honorary Secretary of the International Association
of Broadcast Meteorology and has been responsible for many training workshops
on behalf of the World Meteorological Organisation. Since retiring from the
BBC in September 2001, set up The Weather People Ltd. His hobbies include the arts, in particular the theatre, not only as an amateur thespian, but also directing plays and musicals. John is a Fellow and former Vice President
of the Royal Meteorological Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
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