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Alexander Roy Deakin is a
Really excited to be heading to Exeter tomorrow to start a new challenge for @metoffice Sad to be leaving an amazing team at the BBC
@alexdeakin, Twitter, 5 October 2016
Alexander Roy Deakin is a meteorologist
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and weather forecaster
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for the Met Office
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. Deakin appeared regularly on BBC services and was one of the main weather presenters on the ''BBC News at Ten
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''. In addition, he joined the Weather team on BBC Breakfast
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in January 2007 and appeared regularly at the weekends and as cover during the week.
Education
Deakin attended South Hunsley Secondary School on East Dale Road in Melton and went on to achieve amaster's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.
from the University of Birmingham
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
in Physics
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with Astrophysics
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. After university, Deakin joined the British Meteorological (Met) Office, for which he initially worked in a number of places, including York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
and Bristol
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. In 2000, he joined the team of Met Office staffers who used to provide weather forecasts for the BBC, before BBC Weather became independent from the Met Office.
Career
On 23 August 2003, Deakin appeared on the BBC/Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...
's television programme ''Star Party'', which was broadcast live from Jodrell Bank Observatory
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. In a number of segments during the show he gave reports on the type of weather that is experienced on Mars
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. In 2004, Deakin became patron of Pitsford Hall weather stationPitsford Weather Centre formerly Pitsford Hall weather station, is an climatological station maintained by Pitsford School in the village of Pitsford, Northamptonshire. The centre was established in 1998 and issues local forecasts for the county as w ...
in Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
.
In January 2012, Deakin appeared on ''The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
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''. Deakin has appeared regularly on ''Countryfile
''Countryfile'' is a British television programme which airs weekly on BBC One and reports on rural, agricultural, and environmental issues in the United Kingdom.
The programme is currently presented by John Craven, Adam Henson, Matt Baker, T ...
'' when the programme has its weekly weather forecast, to read the weather forecast for the oncoming week.
Deakin is a keen recycler and in 2006 helped promote the recycling scheme of the Yorkshire town of Hessle
Hessle () is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. Geographically it is part of a larger urban area consisting of the city of Kingston upon Hull, the town of ...
. He also appeared on ''Celebrity Mastermind'', first aired on 7 January 2010, the coldest day of the winter of 2009-10.
In 2012, Deakin accidentally said the word "cunt
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" on air when mispronouncing "bucketloads of sunshine".
He left the BBC team in October 2016 to rejoin the Met Office.@alexdeakin, Twitter, 5 October 2016
See also
*BBC Weather
BBC Weather is the department of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) responsible for both the preparation and the broadcasting of weather forecasts.
On 6 February 2018, BBC Weather changed supplier from the government Met Office to Mete ...
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