- Michael Fish was born on April 27, 1944 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mickey One (1965), My Hero (2000) and Bad Girls (1999).
- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Broadcasting.
- Weatherman on BBC television from 1974 until his retirement in October 2004. He once gained notoriety in 1987 for telling viewers not to worry about a hurricane which was rumoured to be on the way to Florida. The following day, in southern England, 15 million trees were lost, among them many valuable specimens. Trees blocked roads and railways, and brought down electricity and telephone lines. Hundreds of thousands of homes in England remained without power for over 24 hours. Falling trees and masonry damaged or destroyed buildings and cars. Numerous small boats were wrecked or blown away. A ship capsized at Dover, and a Channel ferry was driven ashore near Folkestone! Since the incident, the Florida hurricane Michael Fish mentioned has often been erroneously attributed to the UK storm, which was unconnected.
- Broadcast Meteorologist at the Meteorological Office.
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