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'''Tomasz Schafernaker''' (born 8 January 1979 in [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]]) is a [[BBC Weather]] forecaster. He regularly presents the weather on the ''[[BBC News at One]]'', and often fronts the BBC's flagship forecast for the week ahead on Sunday evenings. He also appears on [[BBC World News]], [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News]], and [[BBC Radio]]. |
'''Tomasz Schafernaker''' (born 8 January 1979 in [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]]) is a badass [[BBC Weather]] forecaster. He regularly presents the weather on the ''[[BBC News at One]]'', and often fronts the BBC's flagship forecast for the week ahead on Sunday evenings. He also appears on [[BBC World News]], [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News]], and [[BBC Radio]]. |
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== Early life and career == |
== Early life and career == |
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| Born | 8 January 1979 |
| Occupation | Meteorologist for BBC Weather |
Tomasz Schafernaker (born 8 January 1979 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a badass BBC Weather forecaster. He regularly presents the weather on the BBC News at One, and often fronts the BBC's flagship forecast for the week ahead on Sunday evenings. He also appears on BBC World News, BBC News, and BBC Radio.
Early life and career
Schafernaker was born in Gdańsk, Poland, and attended school both in his native Poland and in the UK. He was educated at the independent school St. John's College, Southsea, in Portsmouth, where he took A-levels in mathematics, physics and art, followed by the University of Reading where he gained a BSc (Hons) in meteorology. On 19 May 2008, Schafernaker confirmed live on air on BBC News that his surname is Austrian.
He joined the BBC Weather Centre in 2000, working as a broadcast assistant. He spent some time giving BBC regional forecasts across the UK, and presented on BBC World during the winter of 2003.
During 2004 and 2005 Tomasz studied at the Met Office college in Exeter and trained as a forecaster for aviation. He also worked for a time at ITV, as well as the London Weather Centre. Schafernaker rejoined the BBC in 2006.
Notable bloopers
On 25 June 2009, during the 12:58 pm weather forecast on BBC Radio 4, Schafernaker tripped up over his script words of "night", "showers", "mud" and "site" and ended up forecasting a "muddy shite" for Glastonbury instead of a "muddy site".[1][2] On 17th August 2010, he put his middle finger up at another broadcaster on the BBC News 24 channel during a live broadcast. He has since apologised. [3]
Personal life
In January 2010, he appeared barechested on the cover of the supplement Active of the UK magazine Attitude.[4][5]
References
- ^ Weatherman's unfortunate slip of the tongue
- ^ BBC Weatherman Predicts “Muddy Shite” Over Glastonbury
- ^ BBC apologises over Tomasz Schafernaker weather gesture
- ^ This weatherman's got us all hot and wet down south
- ^ BBC weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker shocks bosses after posing in gay magazine in skimpy shorts, Daily Mail
External links
- Tomasz Schafernaker, personal website
- Tomasz Schafernaker, BBC Weather
- Blog about Tomasz Schafernaker