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A weather map was first broadcast on TV on 18th August, 1926 - but there were no fancy graphics, no on-screen forecaster, and only one intended recipient: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, DC.\nIn the UK, the Met Office had been producing weather forecasts since 1861, but the BBC didn\u2019t bring a \u2018weatherman\u2019 to British screens until 1954.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain Charles Darwin\u2019s connection to weather-forecasting; review the first weather forecast on NBC\u2019s Today programme, and reveal exactly how much time the Brits spend discussing the weather\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Weather forecast facts: the first forecast in Britain, the birth of the Met Office and the first TV weatherman\u2019 (HistoryExtra, 2018): https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/facts-history-weather-forecast-weatherman-tv/\n\u2022 \u2018BBC Television Weather at 60 - A Celebration\u2019 (BBC, 2014): https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/research/television-weather\n\u2022 \u2018TODAY's First Weather Forecast: Jan. 14, 1952\u2019 (NBC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiAyWYCcAI0\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\ufeff\n#20s #Science #Inventions #US #UK\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices