Barbara Edwards became the BBC

BBC

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's first woman television weather presenter in January 1974.

She joined the Met Office

Met Office

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 in 1957 where she edited and published meteorological publications, until 1962. She worked as a weather forecaster from 1963 to 1970, when she moved to the London

London

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 Weather Centre working on forecasting for commerce and industry.

Edwards most famously appeared from January 1974 until June 1978 on BBC Television, joining around the same time as the far longer-serving Michael Fish

Michael Fish

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.