About Michael Fish
Michael Fish (born 27 April 1944) is a British weather forecaster. From 1974 to 2004, he was a television presenter for BBC Weather. == Career == Fish was born on 27 April 1944 in Eastbourne, Sussex. Educated at Osmington School then 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, moving to the role on television in 1974. Fish was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2004 Birthday Honours. He retired in 2004, and made his final forecast on 6 October on the BBC Ten O'Clock News bulletin. In a specially extended report, fellow forecaster Ian McCaskill paid tribute to Fish, saying that "Michael is the last of the true weathermen 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 any more, because nowadays most of the decisions are made by the computer." Fish co-authored a book with Paul Hudson and Ian McCaskill called Storm Force: Britain's Wildest Weather, published in October 2007. He was awarded honorary degrees by City University London in 1996 and the University of Exeter in summer 2005.
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