Trevor Baker

Trevor Baker was a Welsh weather forecaster.[1] He joined the Met Office in 1941 and worked all over the UK (as well as a stint in Hong Kong between 1953 & 1956) before being seconded to the BBC in 1962.[1] After a few months he moved to Southern Television's evening news magazine Day by Day. He worked with a number of different co-presenters including Cliff Michelmore, Barry Westwood and Fred Dinenage and his role gradually expanded (reading out congratulatory messages, writing a book[2]) until eventually he was given his own show Trevor Baker's All Weather Show.[1][3] Baker remained in his position when the franchise changed to TVS (Television South) in 1982. He carried on until 1987. In all he was on-air for 25 years; and, until eclipsed by Michael Fish in 1999, held the title of "Britain's longest serving TV weather forecaster".[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Trevor Baker". About BBC Weather. BBC. 26 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/about/newsid_7854000/7854359.stm. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  2. ^ Baker, T: Science and the Weatherman (1974) Exeter, A Wheaton & Co ISBN 0080176569
  3. ^ 1980, produced by Bryan Izzard and directed by David Pick (BFI Archives)