Topless Weather

‘YOU remember topless darts. The more sporting-minded of you might remember topless darts on ice. And you most certainly recall the weather forecast in Norwegian. RIP live TV!

The problem was rectified in a jiffy

But from the grave there are strange stirrings - and the news in the Star: ‘Topless weather reports on Beeb.’ The spirit of Live TV is apparently alive and well and living in White City with a strange cloud shape on its head.

But read on - and learn that it wasn’t lovely 5ft 4in Lisa Gallagher who appeared topless on the nation’s screens, but lofty 6ft 4in Chris Fawkes.

In fact, Chris was so tall that ‘telly chiefs’ cut his head off. Not literally.

Even Michael Fish only lost a hand when he failed to predict the 1988 hurricane. But the 24-year-old was just about to make an appearance on screen when horrified BBC cameramen realised his head was in the clouds. Not literally.

Chris, it happened, was just too big for the screen, which can only accommodate people who are 6ft 3in. ‘That ruled me - or my head - out,’ he explained.

So what did the quick-thinking weatherman do? He chopped his legs off below the knee - and was able to present the weather as normal.

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Posted: 26th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink