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Michael Fish, (born 27 April 1944 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is a semi-retired British weather forecaster, best known for his BBC Weather television presentations, although he was actually employed by the Met Office. He became infamous in the wake of the Great Storm of 1987; a few hours before the storm broke, on 15 October 1987, he said during a forecast: "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!". That evening, the worst storm to hit South East England for three centuries caused record damage and killed 19 people. More than eight years after retiring from the BBC national forecast, he is now making a return to regular forecasting, presenting a weekly weather forecast for (Netweather.tv ) and occasional forecasts for BBC South East Today, BBC London and Radio Kent. ==Career== Schooled at Eastbourne College and City University London, Fish is the longest serving broadcast meteorologist on British television and probably the world. 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 woman presenter, Barbara Edwards. Fish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting. He also holds 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〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC Weather 6th October 2004: Farewell Michael Fish )〕 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. Michael Fish also co-authored a book with Paul Hudson and Ian McCaskill called ''Storm Force: Britain's Wildest Weather'', published in October 2007. Fish was awarded an honorary degree by City University London in 1996 and Exeter University in the summer of 2005. In the last few years he has taken up a new career, that of acting. He starred in a Nationwide Tour of ''A Play What I Wrote'' and later had a part in ''French Paste'' at the Shaw Theatre, London. Apart from acting his time is now spent on the after-dinner and lecture circuit as well as doing voice overs, compering and writing. He is married and has two daughters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Fish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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