Trevor Baker was a Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 weather forecaster. He joined the Met Office

Met Office

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 in 1941 and worked all over the UK (as well as a stint in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 between 1953 & 1956) before being seconded to the BBC

BBC

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 in 1962. After a few months he moved to Southern Television

Southern Television

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's evening news magazine Day by Day. He worked with a number of different co-presenters including Cliff Michelmore

Cliff Michelmore

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, Barry Westwood

Barry Westwood

Barry Westwood, born 1927, died 13th July 2011, was a British presenter and producer at Southern Television from 1959 until 1981. For most of that time, he was the front-man of Day by Day, the station's evening news magazine, notable for its on-screen harmonious camaraderie.Other notable series...

 and Fred Dinenage

Fred Dinenage

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 and his role gradually expanded (reading out congratulatory messages, writing a book) until eventually he was given his own show Trevor Baker's All Weather Show. Baker remained in his position when the franchise changed to TVS (Television South

Television South

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) in 1982. He carried on until 1987. In all he was on-air for 25 years; and, until eclipsed by Michael Fish

Michael Fish

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in 1999, held the title of "Britain's longest serving TV weather forecaster".