Tori Lacey (born 13 May 1973) is a
weather forecaster who works for
BBC Weather mainly on
Radio Five Live.
Early life
She was born as Victoria Jane Good in Buckinghamshire and went to
Burnham Grammar School
Burnham Grammar School (BGS) is a co-educational grammar school in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. In October 2011 the school became an academy. It takes students aged 11–18, with approximately 900 on roll.
The school has an all-weather full-sized t ...
(as did
Ulrika Jonsson) leaving in 1991, then studied Biomedical Sciences at the
University of Bradford from 1992 to 1995.
Career
Lacey joined the BBC Weather Centre in April 2001, with her first broadcast in November 2001. She initially appeared regularly on the
BBC News channel.
In early broadcasts, her name appeared as Victoria Good, but she quickly changed this to Tori Good. After marrying, she changed her name to Tori Lacey. Radio Five Live presenter
Simon Mayo suggested it made her sound like an X-rated
porn star, so she is considering changing her on-screen name to her full married name of Victoria Lacey.
Lacey broadcast her last weather forecast on Friday, 12 June 2009 (12.30 on the
Victoria Derbyshire show) prior to going on
maternity leave. She returned in mid-2010.
Personal life
She married Christopher Lacey in December 2005 in the
Chiltern District of
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
. She lived in
Chalfont St Giles.
References
External links
Tori Lacey Profile BBC Weather Website
1973 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Bradford
BBC weather forecasters
People educated at Burnham Grammar School
People from Chalfont St Giles
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