Channel 5 weather

[Crepuscular Ray]

How long have Sky been doing Channel 5's news/weather? I've not seen Francis Wilson on telly for about 20 years until I turned on the end of this evening's Channel 5 news to see the sport news and caught the weather instead. He's even madder than I remember. Does he have some self-imposed rule that he's only allowed to talk in two-word bursts? It's the funniest thing I've seen all week.

[Somerset Squall]

I don't know but Francis is a legend! I love the way he says "Max temperatures could be 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 in some areas". The short bursts of words are funny too.

[NorthantsSnow]

ITN produced C5 News from its launch in 1997 right through until 2005, then Sky won the contract and have produced it ever since.

As for Francis, this should make you laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p5wPO2uEcE

Edited August 19, 2007 by Dancc

[Crepuscular Ray]

ITN produced C5 News from its launch in 1997 right through until 2005, then Sky won the contract and have produced it ever since.

As for Francis, this should make you laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p5wPO2uEcE

Squeaks with laughter. (well, anything else I might have done wouldn't get through the left-trouser-legging filter).

[cj114]

Classic Francis!! love it.

Twenty odd years ago, Francis was the Thames region local forecaster on ITV. One evening, he decided [in his very languid way] that the heavy rain we were having, could turn to snow. The BBC didn't forecast it.

But, the following morning we woke up to 4" of snow!!!

He was captured by SKY and it's nice to see him back on C5 weather. He NEVER makes a drama out of a crisis!!!

Would ANY kind of weather get Francis excited? I doubt it somehow.