Michael Fish
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Michael Fish MBE, FRMetS |
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| Born |
27 April 1944 Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Eastbourne College |
| Alma mater | City University London |
| Occupation | Meteorologist |
| Years active | 1962–2016 (54 years) |
| Employer | Met Office |
| Television | BBC |
| Awards | TRIC Award |
| Website | Michael Fish |
Michael Fish, MBE (born 27 April 1944 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is a British weather forecaster, best known for his BBC Weather television presentations, although he was actually employed by the Met Office.
More than eight years after retiring from the BBC national forecasts team, he made a return to regular forecasting, presenting a weekly weather forecast for Netweather.tv.
Schooled at Eastbourne College and City University London, Fish was the longest serving broadcast meteorologist on British television. He joined the Met Office in 1962 and started on BBC Radio in 1971. He took up the role on television in 1974, around the same time as the first female weather presenter, Barbara Edwards.
Fish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting. He also held Honorary Doctorates of Science from both Exeter and City Universities as well as the Freedom of the City of London. He was compulsorily retired by the Civil Service and he made his final forecast on 6 October 2004 on the BBC Ten O'Clock News bulletin. In a specially extended report fellow forecaster Ian McCaskill paid tribute to Fish in stating that "Michael is the last of the true weatherman you will ever see. Michael can actually interpret the skies - he can do the weather forecast the hard way: the old way that people don't do anymore, because nowadays most of the decisions are made by the computer."
That year he was also awarded the TRIC Award for TV Weather Presenter of the Year and The Sunday Times gave him the honour of 'National Treasure'. He has recently resumed forecasting on BBC South East Today, providing holiday cover for the regular forecaster and has also taken to acting. He is a Patron of numerous organisations and charities.
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