Fred Talbot
| Fred Talbot | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Frederick Talbot 17 December 1949 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | North Cestrian Grammar School, Altrincham, Greater Manchester |
| Occupation | Teacher, Broadcaster, meteorologist |
| Years active | 1984–2012 |
| Employer | ITV (Granada Television) |
| Known for |
Granada Reports This Morning |
| Criminal charge | Two counts of Indecent sexual assault on two victims |
| Criminal penalty | Five years in prison |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
Frederick "Fred" Talbot (born 17 December 1949) is a British former teacher and television presenter. Talbot spent much of his career in the north west of England. In February 2015, he was found guilty of indecent sexual assault against two teenage boys at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, where he had taught biology. He was sentenced to five years in prison the following month.
Born in Edinburgh, Talbot was a pupil at North Cestrian Grammar School and in 1964, a founding member of the Altrincham and District Astronomical Society. He co-discovered a meteor shower, the June Lyrids, in June 1966.
After teacher training in Gateshead in the late 1960s, Talbot taught biology at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys until May 1984, when his teaching career came to "an abrupt end" following an indecent proposal he made to two pupils at his home.
At the time of his dismissal, Talbot was also recording a weekly astronomy programme for radio. In 1984, he began presenting for the regional news programme Granada Reports in North West England.Granada Television later commissioned Talbot to appear in a general educational science programme for children called The Final Frontier. He continued as a regular reporter for Granada Reports and became a weatherman for the ITV's This Morning in October 1988.
Until production of This Morning was moved from the Albert Dock, Liverpool, to London, Talbot presented weather reports from a large floating map of the British Isles in the dock. He was forced to jump across a gap to go back and forth between Ireland and Britain; crowds often gathered to watch his leap. On one occasion, a diver swam near the map to distract Talbot and on another a streaker swam naked up to the map and jumped on.
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