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1985: The WEATHER Goes ELECTRIC | Blue Peter | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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8:36Now PlayingFarewell, magnetic tape and sticky symbols! The BBC weather report is riding the winds of technological change.
Simon Groom gets a hands-on demonstration of the BBC's new computerised forecasting system, with a little help from Bill Giles, Michael Fish, Liz Jones... and something called a mouse.
This clip is from Blue Peter, originally broadcast 18 February, 1985.
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