
A groundbreaking medical study has identified "weather forecaster's elbow" as the root cause of presenter John Kettley's three-month layoff, after a particularly rigorous point at Aberdeen.
"Even senior forecaster Bill Giles has to toe the line"
New BBC guidelines ensuring the physical preparedness of weather forecasters have come into effect. The corporation's policy is one of preventing forecaster's elbow, rather than finding a cure.
This fictitious report, created for April Fool's Day, was taken from The Weather Show.
Originally broadcast 1 April, 1999.
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