Robin McCallum is a British

United Kingdom

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 weather presenter

Weather forecasting

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 for ITV London

ITV London

ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...

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Robin has also presented the weather on occasions for ITV Meridian

Meridian Broadcasting

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 in Southampton

Southampton

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 and ITV Anglia

Anglia Television

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 in Norwich

Norwich

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. McCallum is a former actor

Actor

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 and used the stagename Robin Lermitte.

Acting

Robin has previously worked as an actor in minor roles - most memorably as Detective Chief Superintendent David Graves in the BBC

BBC

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 drama Between The Lines and as D.I. Bob Ashley in EastEnders

EastEnders

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(1988-89).

ITV Weather

McCallum entered a competition on ITV

ITV

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's This Morning

This Morning (TV series)

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in 2002 to become ITV's newest weather presenter

Weather forecasting

Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...

, which he subsequently won. As a result he became a national ITV Weather

ITV Weather

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 presenter, until he joined the ITV London

ITV London

ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...

 regional weather team alongside fellow forecasters Manali Lukha

Manali Lukha

Manali Lukha is a British weather forecaster for ITV London and can be seen on London Today and London Tonight. She is also a relief presenter for the national ITV Weather since 2010....

 and Chrissie Reidy

Chrissie Reidy

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 in 2005. he also contributes weather forecast to the London Tonight blog.

Robin co-presented the ITN produced London Tonight

London Tonight

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, the regional news programme for ITV London

ITV London

ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...

, on occasions throughout 2010.

External links

• Robin McCallum at itv.com
  Itv.com
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