That's The Weather, For Now - a Daniel Corbett fanblog

BBC News Channel 20th anniversary

The BBC News Channel celebrated its 20th anniversary today, and we got to see a few glimpses of Corb who, as you may know, presented the first weather forecast on what was then BBC News 24.

Here he is looming over the start of Ben Rich's weather forecast:

Thanks to TV Newsroom for the video.

And he's seen but not heard in a weather segment with Helen Willets (starts around 12m 35s in):

Thanks to MP's Newswatch for the video.

29th January

Blast from the past; this video of an undated BBC forecast of Dan's from was uploaded to YouTube today.

weekend

National (Saturday)

You look at the lumps of cloud, it's almost like you've been to the old cement factory, taken some lumps and just gone bmmm [throwing gesture] at the old weather map.

It's not a complete washout but, depending on where you are, you might be out there with the old raincoat or [two-handed umbrella gesture] the umbrella through the weekend.

Auckland, wake up in the morning, take the dog out for a walk [dog-walking gesture] and it'll be one of those mornings where he sits at the door and says [looks up] uh-uh, not yet.

View on Vine

This weather system, it starts to look a bit of a dogs dinner, it's just like doing one of these strange sorts of thing [bends arms back].

Australia
You're heading to Australia for the weekend, you're probably wondering what to pack. Well, the warm coat might come in handy, more than likely the sunglasses will do quite well.

Sydney, it's a picnic day, nice one at eighteen.

This big high, it's like a slow-moving ox, it just sort of sits there and dawdles [shuffles along, shoulders hunched], doesn't really move and you say, 'my word, look at the thing, it's like it's been pumped up with air.'

Pacific
That big high builds across and it's a big bloke, look at the size of this thing just going [expanding gesture] ho-ho! Here we are!

National (Sunday)
You take one look at the weather map and you just go 'my word, it looks like a plate of spaghetti.' It does look messy, doesn't it?

Look at Queenstown, yeah, it's got a smile on that sunshine just about [smile gesture].

YouTube
A forecast from 17th June 2006 is embedded below:

31st July

National AM
Today's the day where some of certainly will be digging in the old cupboards [gestures doing so] for the raincoat.

Not a night for the washing on the line.

National PM
Boom, that's the weather system. Good lump of moisture ... just loaded up with water bags of sorts [gestures carrying bags].

A weak weather front:
It's like a piece of blue plasticine; you pull it apart [gestures doing so], before you know it you can't see it.

It's not a picnic day, you won't be out there. If anything, grab the raincoat, it will come in handy.

Manawatu Standard
Sunny spell coming to end by @chrishydejourno

MetService meteorologist Daniel Corbett said high cloud would settle over the city tomorrow before a low from the north settled in on Friday.

"It will work its way over the Ruahines like great big fingers and should make its way in to Manawatu in the afternoon."

YouTube
A forecast from 11th March 2006 is embedded below:

23rd July

After several strong earthquakes in the Wellington region, people were advised to stay out of Wellington CBD. Did Dan stay at home? You decide:

YouTube
A forecast from 4th February 2006 is embedded below:

weekend

National (Saturday)

Maybe you're heading out with the family, it's that fine-looking day trip.

Auckland, don't be surprised, step out in the morning, maybe going for that coffee or something you say, 'oooh, it's a grey start again.'

You might see some of that cloud but it slowly breaks up. It's like having a big sheet on the bed and you sort of start to nibble away at the edges of it through the day.

Remember this cloud that's just been working in here and there ... peek out in the morning [gestures doing so - see pic], yeah, it could be there, a bit of drizzle.

National (Sunday)
Heavy rain:
Lumps of blue there like a blue crayon.

Australia
Perth, lovely day, picnic day.

The whole low, it's been spinning around for days and just [spinning gesture, then, panting] loses its oomph.

Ah, high pressure, he slowly starts to move in - and with that he takes this weather system and says, 'come on, time's up,' and slowly moves off to the east as we go into the coming week. That's the weather, for now.

YouTube
A forecast from 29th January 2006 is embedded below:

18th July

National AM
First piece of the high, fronts flick away, bye-bye to them. Second piece of the high builds like a big building bubble.

Australia
Two [degrees]; extra blankets on the old bed.

Pacific
It's like you take some blue paint and say, 'here, take this one,' [throwing gesture]. boom.

Snow
At least you won't need all those layers, say, like last week where you were probably like the old Abominable Snowman if you were dressed up.

YouTube
17th January 2006
Think of it almost like soupy air working in.

Several mentions of blobs and lumps of blue. The video is embedded below, along with a forecast from 21st January 2006.

17th July

National PM

High pressure:
That bloke there, he's gonna hang around for a couple of days. He's shifted the car into park so to speak and will just sit there.

Our little sausage of blue, a little bit of wet weather.

You're slowly taking off the Abominable Snowman layers.

Drizzle:
Wake up in the morning, see some spots [rain gesture] on the window, go 'eeurgh!' [see pic]

A decent sort of day, a day you might be out for grabbing a picnic lunch or something, you never know.

Next chance for rain? It's probably going to be Monday before you can really shake a stick at it [gestures poking it with an invisible stick].

Australia
Look at these winds, the pinks, like salmon coming home for dinner, phoom, straight in with the southerly.

Pacific

All of a sudden you look at the lump of blue and you go, 'wow, look at that, yeah.' It's almost like we've just thrown a few little blobs of blue paint [gestures doing so] at the map and said, 'see.' [see pic]

YouTube
16th January 2006
I think there was probably a Dan-ism at the start of this one, as it starts with "...give 'em a bit of a rest over the next few days as some milder air works in from the Atlantic...". Gloves? Mittens? Scarves?

Maybe the raincoat getting a bit of a dry out.

It's embedded, below.

weekend

National (Saturday)
Keep an eye on Sunday, maybe you're gonna be travelling, pack all the kids in the car and you're heading to Grandma's.

Severe
The main low that's been sitting there is looking a bit like a tired octopus of sorts [sticks arms out].

YouTube
31st December 2005
Here's Dan with a New Year's Eve forecast:
Edinburgh, Glasgow, as the bells ring [bell ringing gesture] it should be a dry one.

That forecast, plus one from 7th January 2006, are embedded below.

12th July

Climbing down the other side of work mountain. Regular blogging/tweeting resumes. Backdated posts will appear over the next couple of weeks.

National
Minus six for Queenstown for the night to come. That's what it'll be like when you step out in the morning, it'll be 'hoo! ooh! hang on.'

Auckland
We've had a stubborn low sitting close by over the last couple of days. It's still there. It's a bit like one of those house guests that comes to visit, says he's gonna stay for a week and three weeks later he's still there, has eaten all the food.

Wellington
The low:
It's sitting and spinning. It's a bit like a car that's stuck in the mud, just [spins fingers] vvv, vvv, revving the engine, not moving.

YouTube
19th December 2005
The view in Plymouth almost make you want you to grab the coat and have a walk along the clifftop.

18th December 2005
Dan's in Countryfile casual again.
Remember the cold air in place. Think of it like a layer of treacle, it does take its time to move away.

Those two videos are embedded below.

weekend

Severe
A weather system getting thinner:
It's like having a big fat piece of blue plasticine, you roll it out [gestures doing so], it's thinner, so not as much ooomph on this front.

Auckland
The rain, bang, here it comes.

YouTube
A forecast from 2nd December 2005 is embedded below:

5th July

National AM
Eighteen is your number in Russell, that's a picnic day.

It's not rain, shhh [rain gesture?] all the day.

You can see these winds here, like a mad school of green fish swimming about.

Wellington AM
All the lines getting closer together like an accordion, zhoom [fists together].

You'll certainly notice it by Saturday, the old wind, Saturday morning you step outside you'll be 'oooh, boy!'

By Sunday, voila, good-looking day.

The Press
Wild weather coming Chch's way

Corbett described the next week of weather as a "rollercoaster ride", with the temperature expected to drop when the strong winds eased tomorrow.

"It goes up, it goes down. It is going to be a windy weekend."

YouTube
A forecast from 26th November 2005 is embedded below:

4th July

National AM
Thursday's probably one of those days where you maybe put a tick on it [tick gesture] maybe earlier in the week and say, 'that day should be OK.'

Very warm over the last couple of days, you've probably been tempted to say, 'I'm going to work in my t-shirt.'

Christchurch AM
The wind arrows:
Like small green fish swimming about looking for bits of food.

National PM
Rain will just pile in. It's like having some sponges on a Saturday at a carwash, you squeeze 'em against a wall [gestures doing so], chmmm, the water comes out.

Seventeen by the afternoon, you'll be tempted to take your sandwich at lunch and just head outside to the park.

You see all the wind arrows, it's like a school of green fish swimming round for the food that's sitting down here.

Auckland PM
It's a fine day. It's one of those days where you say, ah it's Friday, it looks nice outside, grab a sandwich or something, head to the park.

Christchurch PM
You now what's going to happen to the temperatures, yes, put the old shirt sleeves in, you'll be fine as you step outside.

Australia
There's a pretty keen sou'wester knocking on the door, in fact it's gonna go like that [kicks] with its hoof and come right through. You can see it. You see how the cloud is rather lumpy in the Southern Ocean - that's some pretty cool air moving across some warmer waters and, boom [ignition gesture], bubbles up like lumps of porridge on a Saturday morning in the pot.

Pacific
Big swathe of cloud like a sausage of white there.

YouTube
A forecast from 18th November 2005 is embedded below:

2nd July

Auckland PM
By the time we go to Thursday, the low has already turned the corner [driving gesture?] saying, 'oh, bye-bye, off I go,' and that's what he does.

Seventeen, that's a nice day, maybe even a picnic day, you never know. That's the weather for now [point], more at MetService-[nod]-dot-com.

Wellington PM
It's the wind just flushing its way through, almost like sheep trying to run through a small gate in a paddock.

Australia
Heading there in the next several days? Grab the sunglasses, picnic basket, very pleasant indeed.

Enjoy Wednesday, it's the picnic day.

Pacific
That weather system grabs its boots and it starts moving off to the east.

Timaru Herald
Big thaw expected as weather gets balmy

"It is as if the weather has decided to flip the calendar back a few months and pretend it's March or April," he said.

YouTube
22nd October 2005
It won't be the night for the telescope.

Quite a wet and windy day, the umbrella day.

That video and another part-forecast from 15th October 2005 are embedded below:

1st July

National PM
For many of us, you're going to take that winter parka you probably wore over the last several days, take it, throw it in the back of the cupboard [gestures doing so], you probably won't need it. Instead, hang onto your hats, some windy weather.

A little bend in the weather front there, like a piece of Christmas garland of sorts.

Seventeen for Napier, could be a picnic day.

Mild at night:
If anything, the old logs will be staying on the big pile in the back garden for a couple of days.

Wind arrows:
Look at these pink ones, like a school of salmon in the spring, zhiiing, there they go.

The first piece of the front it bends through then it bends back, so it's a bit of an up and down see-saw of sorts [raises and lowers arms].

Christchurch PM
This time last week you had all the layers out of the cupboard, you were probably dressed like the Abominable Snowman outside waiting for the old bus. Take them all, stick 'em in the back of the cupboard [gestures doing so], you won't need them this week.

Australia
The high, sitting in place, it's fine, just sort of spreads out the newspaper [gestures doing so] and says, 'I'm here, I'm gonna stay for a couple of days.'

Rural
Weather systems work through, almost like a bit of garland on a Christmas tree.

YouTube
Embedded below is a forecast from 28th September 2005:

weekend

National (Saturday)
Inland parts of Northland, you might be looking in the cupboard for the extra thick blanket [gestures doing so].

Maybe you're heading over to the South Island, going to Grandma's or something, or maybe she's coming to see you.

Going to Fjordland? Raincoat.

Maybe a trip to the park at twenty-two, should be fine.

National (Sunday)
Notice the temperature in Queenstown, eight, and you say [shrugs], 'yeah, eight, OK. Better than four or five.'

Australia

Just rather mottled, the cloud. Bits and pieces like somebody's taken a few lumps of plaster [gestures holding some] and just [throwing gesture] boom, like that.

High pressure:
A little bubble of sorts there, right over the Southern Ocean, ba-baa! [outstretched arms] there he is.

There's your wet weather in Brisbane. Sydney, it's a raincoat day ... but it's a picnic day in Perth. Look at that, twenty-three. That'll be nice.

Pacific
The main low will drift east. Just think of it like dragging some bits of baggage, the lumps of blue.

YouTube
4th September 2005
We have a band of rain here and imagine a piece of plasticine being pulled apart [plasticine-pulling gesture], that's our band of rain.

The video is embedded, below:

27th June

Auckland PM
You clear all the cloud away and the winds go light as we go into Saturday morning, fyoom, straight down [dropping gesture]. Could be one [degree] around town, so you might be thinking, 'hmmm, maybe a few logs on the fire.'

YouTube
A forecast from 6th August 2005 is embedded, below.

25th June

National AM
We see a few little dots of blue, like some blue on a bit of a paintbrush just flicked in here and there [flicking gesture].

If you are out in the morning across the Wairarapa you'll be scraping the old car [gestures doing so].

This bloke here just skips his way past the far north. There he goes, bye-bye.

Auckland AM
You might step outside, it might look lovely [looks up] and the next thing you know, shhh! [rain gesture] a shower works past

National PM

Some decent-looking weather, weather you can just catch your breath and say, 'ah, lovely-looking day.'

Christchurch PM
We've had some cold, frosty mornings ... if you are gonna be out and about you've probably had the extra layers on, the old logs on the fire. Certainly keep that one going, you're gonna need it.

Timaru Herald
'The Ugly Beast' for a name?

The practice of naming storms is unlikely to catch on in New Zealand, a MetService meteorologist says.

However, when pressed, Daniel Corbett said The Ugly Beast was the name he would give to last week's storm, unofficially.

YouTube
Two new videos from bismuthcadmium; 30th June 2005 (which has its end missing) and 1st July 2005. Both videos are embedded below.

1st July 2005
Wet weather across south-west parts of England for the afternoon, so not picnicking weather here really.

weekend

National (ambiguously titled 'Sunday 22nd')
It's one of those old chilly nights, you grab the old logs, stick 'em on the fire [gestures doing so].

Christchurch
Get the logs ready; some cold, frosty nights to come. That's the weather for now [point], more at MetService[nod]-dot-com.

Wellington
Notice how these lines [isobars] open up, like you take a closed accordion [fists together] and you, vwww [pulls fists apart] like that.

Rural
Midweek:
That's when we really take the temperatures and go, pmmm, just throw them off the cliff [gestures doing so].

Snow
With a big winter storm that's been barrelling its way through, you're probably already thinking, maybe licking your chops, there's got to be some snow.

Timaru Herald
Ice warning as chill lingers

"It's double logs on the fire time,"

Nelson Mail
A look on the bright side of winter

"It's frosty nights to come - going into the nights it's almost as if someone flicks a switch. If you don't have the fire running it will certainly be cold."

YouTube
15th May 2005
According to the video title, this is the last Countryfile forecast using the traditional symbols before the move to the new graphics.

It's probably the day for the umbrella for a few of us.

31st May 2005
Perfect day for the outside, maybe a trip to the park.

The videos of those are embedded below:

21st June

National
You wake up in the morning in Wellington, you probably had a night with the old window panes doing this [flaps arms].

Christchurch
Grab the firewood if you haven't already.

TVNZ Breakfast
Polar blast hits the capital

Dan skypes Breakfast from home due to a slip (I'm guessing this is a landslip rather than a fall). There's dedication for you.

It's like having a big turbine, you wind it up and it's going, vvv, and then you say OK, cut the power, it takes a bit of time for it to calm down.

Getting into the weekend we're all gonna go finally [wipes forehead, sigh of relief], gosh, it's gone.

Watch the video.

Farming Show
Break in Canterbury's wild weather

Forecaster Daniel Corbett says there are still showers across many regions and snow at higher levels but things aren't as intense as we've seen.

"They're looking slowly better. It's not as if we're going to flick a switch and all of a sudden somebody's going to say 'Ta da! It's all gone'.

"But we are seeing a little bit of a light at the end of the tunnel from what has been a ansty [sic] beast."

You can also listen to a Farming Show interview with Dan.

Dominion Post
Worst of the wild weather over by @Kerry_McBride
Kerry tweeted her excitement at the prospect of speaking to Dan:

@FrancesCook I get to talk to Daniel Corbett. I'm so freakin' excited.

— Kerry McBride (@Kerry_McBride) June 21, 2013

Here are some snippets from the article she wrote:

"We'll be waking up to temperatures of about 5 or 6 degrees in the morning. Folks will step outside, maybe thinking to grab the paper and hoping for spots of sunshine. It won't be that just yet, we're looking at grey skies."

By Sunday there would be enough dry patches for people to resume their planned activities, Mr Corbett said.

"If it's a picnic in the park with your teddy bears then don't keep those plans, don't go outside. But a bit of DIY to tidy up those tree branches and those sorts of things can be planned for Sunday."

Hawke's Bay should brace itself as the "rain curlicue" moved up from Wellington and travelled north across Wairarapa, he said.

"It's like the spoke of a bicycle wheel. It'll move through tomorrow and flit up to parts of the central plateau."

By Monday, Wellington and the lower North Island would be in for some sunshine as things settle down for most of next week.

"But you'll still need to keep that coat handy."

3News
Bearing the brunt of the storm

Last night Dan Corbett from Metservice told us the southerly storm would hit the capital like a freight train, and he was right.

Dan is always right.

YouTube
1st May 2005
Dan's in Countryfile-casual
Maybe that's the day for hillwalking or something.

Watch the video, below:

14th June

The Press
Snow to follow wet weekend

Corbett likened the turbulent weather system to "an octopus doing a back somersault" as it travelled over the South Island.

Skifield operators would "have some smiles" as they could expect "a bit of a top-up" over the weekend before opening, Corbett said.

20th February 2005
That warm parka will come in handy if you have it.

You don't need me to tell you; the warm coat, the mittens in hand.

But Dan, we do!

The video is below:

13th June

Twitter
@FedFarmers tweeted a picture of Dan at agricultural show Fieldays:

Here's our friends @MetService hard at work #Fieldays. pic.twitter.com/bEZVeCsGvi

— Federated Farmers (@FedFarmers) June 12, 2013

YouTube
While Dan's away, bismuthcadmium has been hard at work uploading videos to YouTube, which are embedded under the cut.

3rd February 2005
The warm coats will come in hand.

7th February 2005
This is Plymouth, almost makes you want to get outside to the park.

Thursday's the wet day, the umbrella day.

And another, 'that's your weather for now' sign off.

8th February 2005
A wet day for Thursday. Grab the umbrella, probably put it in the bag now.

Those and more, below:

12th June

National AM
You take a look at the weather map for the day today, it's a bit like a jumble sale, you've got all the different pieces.

For most of us it isn't too bad, you might grab an umbrella here and there, but for many spots you'll step outside and you'll say, 'wow, nice day.'

Tauranga, nineteen degrees for the afternoon; it'll be one of those days saying, [touches head] 'wow, packed lunch in the park.'

YouTube
20th January 2005
The speckles of white; not throwing salt, no.

A weather front just hanging about, a bit of a strange sort of thing, as far as almost like a snake in the grass, not really sure where it wants to go.

21st January 2005
This starts mid-way through a Dan-ism:
...the coats over the weekend, some of us might need the ice-scraper, perhaps even the old snow shovel as well.

Temperatures tonight are gonna drop like a rock, almost like taking a stone and throwing it at a lake [puny throwing gesture], boom!

Maybe you're one of the early risers who goes out for the papers Saturday morning, might want to give it a couple of extra hours.

Keep that warm coat handy, even the mittens, temperatures only about two or three. That's your weather for now....

Mild panic sets in. What if I've been wrong about the sign-off all these years?

The videos are embedded below:

11th June

National AM
You take a look at the map, it looks like two different octopuses having a bit of a fight.

Imagine a low that's just sitting and spinning, a bit like a car that's stuck in the mud. You finally get traction and, vrooom, off you go.

Further west, ta-daa! You're fine ... Nice day, in fact. It's almost like, hmmm, packed lunch day, very nice there.

National PM
We'll still keep spots of rain ... like we've taken some lumps of blue and just gone [throwing gesture] like that and said, 'yeah, that's the weather for the day, tomorrow.'

Quieter, drier weather until, h-haaa, the next weather system works in.

Pacific

This is not 'chhh' [rain gesture - see pic], rain all day.

The lumps of blue around almost like little areas of blue bits of plasticine moving here and there.

YouTube
Forecasts from 30th December 2004 and 14th January 2005 are embedded below:

10th June

National PM
Low pressure just sitting and spinning, it's the same one that came in over the weekend. It's a bit like walking on a piece of chewing gum [gestures doing so] and it sits there on your foot and it's still there a day later.

The main low, that is the bloke easing away, and he's just like a strung out piece of spaghetti of sorts.

Australia
Look at the area of blue as well. It's like you just take some blue paint and you go, 'come on, have a bit more,' [throwing gesture] it really starts to come to life.

Pacific
Showers:
At times you might just see the odd one just knock on the door [gestures knocking] and say [waves] 'hello, here I am.'

YouTube
Bismuthcadmium uploads BBC weather forecast videos to YouTube at a rate of knots, in chronological order. I'll add any relevant videos to each day's post under a cut to prevent autoplay overload.

22nd December 2004
Like somebody opening the floodgates, whoosh!

Then as we go towards the course of Christmas Day, vhoom!

GASP! That's the second old forecast of his I've seen containing the phrase 'that's YOUR weather for now.'

Watch the video, below:

November 2004

Recently uploaded to YouTube, two videos of Dan from November 2004:

4th November 2004:

10th November 2004:

Thanks to bismuthcadmium for both of those videos.

BTW, the annual June madness of non-stop work has begun, so blog and Twitter updates will most likely be delayed.

20th January 2000

While Dan's off at his mountain lair, I've been doing a bit of blog-weeding (mostly removing links to videos that no longer work) and stumbled across this:

From the video description:

Junction leading into the 2am bulletin with Joanna Gosling.
Starts with the weather with Dan Corbett. Promo for News BBC 24 follows before countdown to the top of the hour.

There's only 15 seconds of Dan, but he manages to squeeze in a reference to 'the top numbers' and, of course, there's the classic point-and-nod sign-off.

misc.

3rd December 1998
More archive footage of Dan has surfaced on YouTube:

Temperature-wise, no bargains at all.

Radio NZ
Dan's interview ends rather abruptly.

TVNZ
Here's Dan talking about the Auckland tornado.

25th September 1998

Yet again I am amazed at the things the internet suddenly decides to cough up, this time it's a video gem of Dan from September 1998:

Sigh. Such a green and pleasant land we had back then.

via netweather.tv and ukweatherworld

10th January 2011

A forecast from this date has recently (January 2018) been uploaded to YouTube:

Thanks to Adam Withey for the video.

Green crayons [scribbling gesture] here we are, yep.

vintage Dan

Mike (a.k.a. terratec365) has uploaded this video of Dan from November 2005. There's a couple of outings for the blanket Dan-ism - followed by the classic News 24 (sigh, I still miss typing that) countdown.

Thanks so much, Mike!

UPDATE MARCH 2013:
Terratec365's YouTube account has been suspended; the video is no longer available.

1st December 1998

YouTube notifies me when someone uploads something tagged with 'BBC Weather'. It usually sends me links to recent uploads (like the compilation video I blogged about last week), but occasionally it sends me older ones - like this one.

The original (much longer) video has since vanished from YouTube. Fortunately, I download it before it disappeared. After a little cropping and re-synching, it is once again available for your viewing pleasure.

Put your eyes to this chap, this weather front sitting to our north. Tomorrow, what does he do? He slides his way further south and then Thursday, whoosh, like someone's opened the floodgates.

In parts of Scotland, very pleasant in fact. You might even be thinking about going outside for a walk.

Temperatures drop like rocks.

I wish I could pump up that four over the south-east.

That's the weather, for now [point and nod].

Brilliant.

Last edited: May 2014

ten years younger

BBC News 24 will have been on air ten years this November - and our favourite weatherman had the honour of the first forecast back in 1997.

I've seen a RealPlayer clip of the first few minutes of News 24, in which Dan gives a very brief weather summary, but now (thanks to eagle-eyed Martin, who spotted this clip on YouTube) we have the earliest video evidence of the signature sign-off so far (42 seconds in):

A mention of umbrellas - and the lovely Jane Hill! How happy was I?!
Thanks, Martin.

I'm hoping News 24 will mark the ten year anniversary by showing us a few more clips from the archives. Fingers crossed for a slow news day on November 9th.

UPDATE JANUARY 2011:
The link to the RealPlayer clip no longer works, but look what I found on my hard drive:
Download BBC-News24-Launch.mp4 (2.5 MB)

Dan is 1m 18s in.

UPDATE NOVEMBER 2014:
Since the forum link doesn't work and I couldn't get the above mp4 to play in-browser, I uploaded it to YouTube. The video is unlisted because isn't my clip (well, it's the Beeb's for starters); please do let me know if you know the origins of this clip so that the proper credit can be given.