Derek Brockway
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Derek Brockway (born 20 October 1967)[1] is a Welsh Weather Forecasting director at BBC Wales. As well as preparing and presenting the lunchtime and nightly TV forecasts for BBC Wales Today, Derek also presents weather bulletins for BBC Radio Wales.
Brockway was born in Barry, south Wales, and now lives in Pontyclun. Brockway attended Barry Boys Comprehensive School and took A-levels in Mathematics, Physics and Geology. On leaving school in 1986 he joined the Met Office as a weather observer, working mainly at Cardiff Weather Centre but with spells at Cardiff International Airport, Birmingham International Airport, and eight months in the Falkland Islands on secondment observing for the Royal Air Force.[2] After further study, in 1995 he became a radio forecaster in the Midlands, a year later moving to London to broadcast GMTV’s early Sunday morning weather to the whole of the UK. However, a year in London was enough for Derek, and after working in Bracknell as an Environmental Consultant, returned home to Wales. Derek joined BBC Wales Today in September 1997 replacing Helen Willetts.
Derek has had a lifetime fascination with weather and has presented a TV show (Derek’s Welsh Weather) and radio show (Derek's Lightning Guide to Weather) on the subject. On BBC Radio Wales Derek has also had four radio series entitled Weatherman Walking before the programme was converted into a new television series.
His other TV appearances include X-Ray a Welsh consumer programme and The Big Welsh Challenge a programme in which Derek was challenged to learn Welsh.
[edit] Bibliography
- Brockway, Derek & Carey, Julian - Weatherman Walking - Y Lolfa, ISBN 0-8624-3917-5
- Brockway, Derek - Whatever the Weather - Gomer Press, ISBN 1-8432-3821-7
[edit] References
- ^ Claire Summers announced 40th birthday during lunchtime BBC Wales news summary, which he confirmed on-air
- ^ Bio at BBC Wales
