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John Graham Kettley (born 11 July 1952 in
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.


Early life

He was educated at Todmorden Grammar School, he played cricket for
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and
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. A geography teacher at his school sparked his interest in weather forecasting. He started Geography A-level, but never took the exam. He worked at the meteorological office at
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for two years from 1970 before studying applied health and social care at what is now
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, where he met his wife. He spent four years researching
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. He trained for a year in weather presentation at the Met Office College, Shinfield near Reading.


Career

From 1980, he worked at the Nottingham Weather Centre, presenting his first forecast for
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, then further forecasts for the BBC's ''
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'' (in the Nottingham news opt-out, starting 28 May 1980) and Central Television. In 1985, he became a national forecaster on the
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. On Thursday 18 April 1991 he launched the first international weather forecast on the new
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Radio

Kettley used to work for the
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, and has previously presented weather for BBC
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. Since October 2019, he has presented the weather forecasts during weekday breakfast on national rolling news radio station LBC News. On Tuesday 1 December 1998, he appeared on '' Radio Shuttleworth'' on Radio 4.


Travel programmes

He was a presenter on ''
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'' programme, from Thursday 18 June 1987, with
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, John Thirlwell and Matthew Collins. In May 1997 he presented the ''Out and About'' walking programme.


Commercial weather forecasting

In 2000, Kettley left the Met Office to join commercial weather company British Weather Services, and continues to provide forecasts across a range of media outlets and sporting concerns including
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,
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and racecourses such as Newbury,
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,
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and Newmarket


Personal life

Kettley enjoys playing cricket, fell-walking and horse racing. A supporter of
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, he often makes references to the team's performances during broadcasts. He married Lynn in September 1990 in
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. His parents lived in Littleborough. He lived in north
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in the late 1980s with his wife Elizabeth, who he had married in 1981. from Lancashire. In 1988 he played cricket (bowler) for
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in
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, which was where he lived. He married graphic designer Lynn Grundy at St Andrew's church in
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on Wednesday 12 September 1990, with the service given by Rev Ian Walker. Kettley had known her at polytechnic, although she went later to the
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, and designed
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in the mid-1980s.; his wife had attended Brigg High School for Girls. They had their second son in September 1994; they had their first son in September 1992.


Immortalised in verse

Kettley's status was confirmed in 1988, when a band called
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released the song "
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", which also made reference to other TV weather presenters of the day including
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, Bernard Davey, Bill Giles,
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and
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. The single reached number 21 in the
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.BBC – h2g2 – John Kettley – Weatherman (and people mentioned in the same song)
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'' :''And so is Billy Giles'' :''And so is
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'' :''And so is
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References


Publications

* ''Rain Stopped Play: The Geography of Cricket'' (co-author) April 2002 * ''Weatherman'' September 2009


External links

*
Kettley's official website

Bio at BBC Weather Centre


*
John Kettley Interview at Best British TV
John Kettley from 3 October 1996 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43RGQecEZKg


News items


Halifax Courier article October 2007



His memories of cricket in July 2000




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