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'''Derek Brockway''' (born 29 October 1967) is a Welsh [[meteorologist]] employed by the [[Met Office]] and based at [[BBC Wales]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]. He presents weather forecasts on radio and television as well as appearing in other programmes. He is a keen walker and Welsh language learner.
'''Derek Clifford Brockway''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|BEM}} (born 29 October 1967<ref name=vale />) is a Welsh [[meteorologist]]. He joined the [[BBC]] in 1995. Brockway is based at [[BBC Cymru Wales]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]] and presents weather forecasts on radio, television and online as well as appearing in other programmes.


== Education and training==
== Education and training==
Brockway was born in Barry and attended Holton Road Primary School. His interest in the weather began as a boy during the long, hot [[1976 United Kingdom heat wave|summer of 1976]]. He went to [[Barry Boys Comprehensive]] from 1979 to 1986 where he studied A-Levels in mathematics, physics and geology.<ref name=job /> After leaving school he joined the [[Civil Service]] and his first, brief, post was as a clerical assistant for the [[Department of Health and Social Security|DSS]]. He transferred to the Met Office as an observer, based mainly at Cardiff Weather Centre but with spells making weather reports for air traffic control at [[Cardiff Airport]], [[Birmingham International Airport (UK)|Birmingham Airport]], and eight months in the [[Falkland Islands]] in 1993/4 working closely with the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name=job>{{cite web|title=BBC: Just the Job: Derek Brockway|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/justthejob/takeitfromme/star_derek.shtml|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=presenter>{{cite web|title=BBC presenters: Derek Brockway|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/presenters/pages/derek_brockway.shtml|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=vale /><ref name=radio>{{cite web|title=BBC Radio Wales: Good Evening Wales: Profile|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3lxKzWqKqYqvlyYrB1w77Nq/derek-brockway|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref>
Brockway was born in [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]] and attended Holton Road Primary School. His interest in the weather began as a boy during the long, hot [[1976 United Kingdom heat wave|summer of 1976]]. He went to [[Barry Boys Comprehensive]] from 1979 to 1986 where he studied A-Levels in mathematics, physics and geology.<ref name=job /> After leaving school he joined the [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]] and his first, brief, post was as a clerical assistant for the [[Department of Social Security]]. He transferred to the Met Office as an observer, based mainly at Cardiff Weather Centre but with spells making weather reports for air traffic control at [[Cardiff Airport]], [[Birmingham Airport]], and eight months in the [[Falkland Islands]] in 1993/4 working closely with the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name=job>{{cite web|title=BBC: Just the Job: Derek Brockway|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/justthejob/takeitfromme/star_derek.shtml|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=presenter>{{cite web|title=BBC presenters: Derek Brockway|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/presenters/pages/derek_brockway.shtml|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=vale /><ref name=radio>{{cite web|title=BBC Radio Wales: Good Evening Wales: Profile|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3lxKzWqKqYqvlyYrB1w77Nq/derek-brockway|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref>


He went to [[Coleg Morgannwg]] in [[Pontypridd]] and [[Reading College of Technology]]<ref name=vale>{{cite web|title=Vale Life: Profile|url=http://www.valelife.co.uk/spr_08/features/weather.htm|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> where he received a [[Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC)|BTEC]] [[Higher National Certificate]] in mathematics, statistics and physics in 1993.
He went to [[Coleg Morgannwg]] in [[Pontypridd]] and [[Reading College of Technology]]<ref name=vale>{{cite web|title=Vale Life: Profile|url=http://www.valelife.co.uk/spr_08/features/weather.htm|accessdate=26 January 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216120911/http://www.valelife.co.uk/spr_08/features/weather.htm|archivedate=16 February 2012}}</ref> where he attained a [[Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC)|BTEC]] [[Higher National Certificate]] in mathematics, statistics and physics in 1993.


== Career ==
== Career ==
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===Television===
===Television===
In December 1995 he moved to [[London]], working at [[The London Studios]] on [[South Bank]] with fellow forecasters [[Martyn Davies]] and [[John Hammond (weather forecaster)|John Hammond]], and briefing weather presenters [[Siân Lloyd (weather presenter)|Siân Lloyd]], [[Laura Greene (presenter)|Laura Greene]] and [[Femi Oke]]. As well as preparing the [[ITV National Weather]] and [[Channel 4]] weather, Brockway broadcast on [[GMTV]]'s ''[[The Sunday Programme]]'' presented by [[Alastair Stewart]] and [[Steve Richards]].<ref name=job />
In December 1995 he moved to [[London]], working at [[The London Studios]] on [[South Bank]] with fellow forecasters [[Martyn Davies]] and [[John Hammond (weather forecaster)|John Hammond]], and briefing weather presenters [[Siân Lloyd]], [[Laura Greene (presenter)|Laura Greene]] and [[Femi Oke]]. As well as preparing the [[ITV Weather]] and [[Channel 4]] weather, Brockway broadcast on [[GMTV]]'s ''[[The Sunday Programme]]'' presented by [[Alastair Stewart]] and [[Steve Richards]].<ref name=job />


After a year in London, Brockway took a position at the Met Office headquarters in [[Bracknell]] as an Environmental Consultant.<ref name=radio /> He returned to Wales in September 1997 and joined [[BBC]] ''[[Wales Today]]'', replacing [[Helen Willetts]]<ref name=walesonline /> as the lead weather forecaster, broadcasting the lunchtime, evening and late forecasts. He also presents weather bulletins for [[BBC Radio Wales]] during the week from Monday to Friday.<ref name=job />
After a year in London, Brockway took a position at the Met Office headquarters in [[Bracknell]] as an Environmental Consultant.<ref name=radio /> He returned to Wales in September 1997 and joined [[BBC]] ''[[Wales Today]]'', replacing [[Helen Willetts]]<ref name=walesonline>{{cite news|publisher=Wales Online|date=7 January 2012|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/day-bbc-wales-weatherman-derek-2037241|title=A day with BBC Wales weatherman Derek Brockway|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> as the lead weather forecaster, broadcasting the lunchtime, evening and late forecasts. He also presents weather bulletins for [[BBC Radio Wales]] during the week from Monday to Friday.<ref name=job />


Brockway has had a lifetime fascination with the weather and has presented a TV show (''Derek’s Welsh Weather'') and radio show (''Derek's Lightning Guide to Weather'') on the subject.<ref name=vale />
Brockway has had a lifetime fascination with the weather and has presented a TV show (''Derek’s Welsh Weather'') and radio show (''Derek's Lightning Guide to Weather'') on the subject.<ref name=vale />


The BBC Wales weather department expanded in 2008 and Brockway was joined by weather presenters [[Sue Charles]] and [[Behnaz Akhgar]] who cover breakfast and the weekends and stand in for him when he is away. He makes 11 live broadcasts a day.<ref name=walesonline />
The BBC Wales weather department expanded in 2008 and Brockway was joined by weather presenters [[Sue Charles]] and [[Behnaz Akhgar]] who cover breakfast and the weekends and stand in for him when he is away. He makes 11 live broadcasts a day.<ref name=walesonline />

Brockway was awarded the [[British Empire Medal]] (BEM) in the [[2022 Birthday Honours]] for services to broadcasting and charity in Wales.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B29|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>


===Walking===
===Walking===
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===Welsh language===
===Welsh language===
Brockway appeared in ''The Big Welsh Challenge'',<ref name=challenge>{{cite web|title=The Big Welsh Challenge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/bigwelshchallenge/news/last_years_learners.shtml|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> a programme in which Welsh personalities are challenged to learn [[Welsh language|Welsh]]. At the beginning of the [[S4C]] 2015 reality series ''[[Cariad@iaith:love4language|Cariad@Iaith]]'' Brockway described himself as having "quite a bit of Welsh" despite being "not fluent".<ref name=cariad>{{cite web|url=http://www.s4c.cymru/en/entertainment/cariadatiaith/page/1423/derek-brockway/|title=S4C: Cariad@iaith: Derek Brockway|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> On 22 June 2010, Brockway featured in the [[WJEC (exam board)|WJEC]] Higher tier [[Welsh Second Language]] Listening and Responding exam, reading the weather headlines and also being interviewed by the exam board's regular interviewers. He introduced himself with his trademark, 'Shwmae!'
Brockway appeared in ''The Big Welsh Challenge'',<ref name=challenge>{{cite web|title=The Big Welsh Challenge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/bigwelshchallenge/news/last_years_learners.shtml|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref> a programme in which Welsh personalities are challenged to learn [[Welsh language|Welsh]]. At the beginning of the [[S4C]] 2015 reality series ''[[Cariad@iaith:love4language|Cariad@Iaith]]'' Brockway described himself as having "quite a bit of Welsh" despite being "not fluent".<ref name=cariad>{{cite web|url=http://www.s4c.cymru/en/entertainment/cariadatiaith/page/1423/derek-brockway/|title=S4C: Cariad@iaith: Derek Brockway|accessdate=26 January 2016|archive-date=8 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208134641/http://www.s4c.cymru/en/entertainment/cariadatiaith/page/1423/derek-brockway/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 22 June 2010, Brockway featured in the [[WJEC (exam board)|WJEC]] Higher tier [[Welsh Second Language]] Listening and Responding exam, reading the weather headlines and also being interviewed by the exam board's regular interviewers. He introduced himself with his trademark, 'Shwmae!'


===Other appearances===
===Other appearances===
On 26 November 2009, Brockway appeared in [[Gavin & Stacey]] (series 3, episode 1) as himself presenting the weather. Other TV appearances include Welsh consumer programme ''X-Ray'' and ''Jamie and Derek's Welsh Weekends'' with [[Jamie Owen]]. He has been a guest panelist on the Radio Wales show ''What's The Story?''. He appeared on the BBC's ''Auntie's Bloomers'' as a result of a mishap with an umbrella during the Rugby World Cup.<ref name=job /> In 2004, along with other personalities from TV and sports, he was photographed naked for a calendar in aid of [[Autism Cymru]].<ref name=calendar>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|title=Stars strip for charity calendar|date=10 November 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3996729.stm|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref>
On 26 November 2009, Brockway appeared in [[Gavin & Stacey]] (series 3, episode 1) as himself presenting the weather. Other TV appearances include Welsh consumer programme ''X-Ray'' and ''Jamie and Derek's Welsh Weekends'' with [[Jamie Owen]]. He has been a guest panelist on the Radio Wales show ''What's The Story?''. He appeared on the BBC's ''Auntie's Bloomers'' as a result of a mishap with an umbrella during the Rugby World Cup.<ref name=job /> In 2004, along with other personalities from TV and sports, he was photographed naked for a calendar in aid of [[Autism Cymru]].<ref name=calendar>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|title=Stars strip for charity calendar|date=10 November 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3996729.stm|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Brockway is single.<ref name=walesonline>{{cite news|publisher=Wales Online|date=7 January 2012|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/day-bbc-wales-weatherman-derek-2037241|title=A day with BBC Wales weatherman Derek Brockway|accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
*Brockway, Derek & Carey, Julian - ''Weatherman Walking'' - Y Lolfa, ISBN 0-86243-917-5
*Brockway, Derek & Carey, Julian – ''Weatherman Walking'' – Y Lolfa, {{ISBN|0-86243-917-5}}
*Brockway, Derek - ''Whatever the Weather'' - Gomer Press, ISBN 1-84323-821-7
*Brockway, Derek – ''Whatever the Weather'' – Gomer Press, {{ISBN|1-84323-821-7}}
*Brockway, Derek & Carpenter, Suzanne - ''Duck and Starfish'' - Gomer Press, ISBN 978-1-84851-114-9
*Brockway, Derek & Carpenter, Suzanne – ''Duck and Starfish'' – Gomer Press, {{ISBN|978-1-84851-114-9}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== Video links ==
== Video links ==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8023688.stm Derek and John Powell MBE - Gower weatherman]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8023688.stm Derek and John Powell MBE – Gower weatherman]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8186573.stm Derek Brockway and Tomos Dafydd try clog dancing]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8186573.stm Derek Brockway and Tomos Dafydd try clog dancing]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8404979.stm Derek's 2050 Weather Forecast]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8404979.stm Derek's 2050 Weather Forecast]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8362781.stm Strictly in Need of rehearsals (2009 Children in Need)]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8362781.stm Strictly in Need of rehearsals (2009 Children in Need)]


== External links ==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=2010759|name=Derek Brockway}}


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Derek Brockway
Born
Derek Clifford Brockway

(1967-10-29) 29 October 1967 (age 57)[1]
Barry, Wales, United Kingdom
NationalityWelsh
EducationBarry Boys Comprehensive
Coleg Morgannwg
Reading College of Technology
Occupation(s)Meteorologist, TV Presenter
Years active1995–present
AgentElite Management
Notable credit(s)BBC Cymru Wales
BBC Wales Today

Derek Clifford Brockway BEM (born 29 October 1967[1]) is a Welsh meteorologist. He joined the BBC in 1995. Brockway is based at BBC Cymru Wales in Cardiff, Wales and presents weather forecasts on radio, television and online as well as appearing in other programmes.

Education and training

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Brockway was born in Barry and attended Holton Road Primary School. His interest in the weather began as a boy during the long, hot summer of 1976. He went to Barry Boys Comprehensive from 1979 to 1986 where he studied A-Levels in mathematics, physics and geology.[2] After leaving school he joined the Civil Service and his first, brief, post was as a clerical assistant for the Department of Social Security. He transferred to the Met Office as an observer, based mainly at Cardiff Weather Centre but with spells making weather reports for air traffic control at Cardiff Airport, Birmingham Airport, and eight months in the Falkland Islands in 1993/4 working closely with the Royal Air Force.[2][3][1][4]

He went to Coleg Morgannwg in Pontypridd and Reading College of Technology[1] where he attained a BTEC Higher National Certificate in mathematics, statistics and physics in 1993.

Career

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Radio

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Brockway qualified as a forecaster in 1995 and was posted to Birmingham Weather Centre, broadcasting on several BBC Radio stations across the English Midlands.[1]

Television

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In December 1995 he moved to London, working at The London Studios on South Bank with fellow forecasters Martyn Davies and John Hammond, and briefing weather presenters Siân Lloyd, Laura Greene and Femi Oke. As well as preparing the ITV Weather and Channel 4 weather, Brockway broadcast on GMTV's The Sunday Programme presented by Alastair Stewart and Steve Richards.[2]

After a year in London, Brockway took a position at the Met Office headquarters in Bracknell as an Environmental Consultant.[4] He returned to Wales in September 1997 and joined BBC Wales Today, replacing Helen Willetts[5] as the lead weather forecaster, broadcasting the lunchtime, evening and late forecasts. He also presents weather bulletins for BBC Radio Wales during the week from Monday to Friday.[2]

Brockway has had a lifetime fascination with the weather and has presented a TV show (Derek’s Welsh Weather) and radio show (Derek's Lightning Guide to Weather) on the subject.[1]

The BBC Wales weather department expanded in 2008 and Brockway was joined by weather presenters Sue Charles and Behnaz Akhgar who cover breakfast and the weekends and stand in for him when he is away. He makes 11 live broadcasts a day.[5]

Brockway was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting and charity in Wales.[6]

Walking

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A keen walker, he had five series on BBC Radio Wales entitled Weatherman Walking before the programme was converted into a television series.[7] The series of walks was shown on BBC One Wales from January 2011.

Welsh language

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Brockway appeared in The Big Welsh Challenge,[8] a programme in which Welsh personalities are challenged to learn Welsh. At the beginning of the S4C 2015 reality series Cariad@Iaith Brockway described himself as having "quite a bit of Welsh" despite being "not fluent".[9] On 22 June 2010, Brockway featured in the WJEC Higher tier Welsh Second Language Listening and Responding exam, reading the weather headlines and also being interviewed by the exam board's regular interviewers. He introduced himself with his trademark, 'Shwmae!'

Other appearances

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On 26 November 2009, Brockway appeared in Gavin & Stacey (series 3, episode 1) as himself presenting the weather. Other TV appearances include Welsh consumer programme X-Ray and Jamie and Derek's Welsh Weekends with Jamie Owen. He has been a guest panelist on the Radio Wales show What's The Story?. He appeared on the BBC's Auntie's Bloomers as a result of a mishap with an umbrella during the Rugby World Cup.[2] In 2004, along with other personalities from TV and sports, he was photographed naked for a calendar in aid of Autism Cymru.[10]

Publications

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  • Brockway, Derek & Carey, Julian – Weatherman Walking – Y Lolfa, ISBN 0-86243-917-5
  • Brockway, Derek – Whatever the Weather – Gomer Press, ISBN 1-84323-821-7
  • Brockway, Derek & Carpenter, Suzanne – Duck and Starfish – Gomer Press, ISBN 978-1-84851-114-9

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Vale Life: Profile". Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "BBC: Just the Job: Derek Brockway". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ "BBC presenters: Derek Brockway". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "BBC Radio Wales: Good Evening Wales: Profile". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b "A day with BBC Wales weatherman Derek Brockway". Wales Online. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B29.
  7. ^ "Weatherman Walking". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. ^ "The Big Welsh Challenge". Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. ^ "S4C: Cariad@iaith: Derek Brockway". Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Stars strip for charity calendar". BBC. 10 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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