'No other way round it!' BBC Weather's Tomasz Schafernaker hits back as viewer slams issue
express.co.ukTwitter to address a complaint by a viewer who believed the weather map was situated “too low”.The social media user pointed out that bending down to point at each area “doesn’t look good”.They responded to a series of pictures posted by Tomasz which showed him working at the brand new BBC studios.The viewer, who went by the username Angie_T7, wrote: “The map looks too low...
bending down all the time doesn't look good....shame.”Tomasz reposted the tweet, clarifying that the map had been purposely placed where it was.He said: “No other way round it.“We can’t chop off the Northern Isles, and we can’t show more of France as it’ll shrink the UK… then you won’t be able too see anything!“Trust me, we know the limitations.”However, a second social media user challenged Tomasz, insisting that the map’s positioning could be changed to avoid it being too low.Redders63 said: “There is a way around it, so U don't have 2 jump up & down 2 present the weather, shrink the map 2 a more sensible size OR display it as per the OS mapping ppl do, that way the whole of the British Isles is shown.” (sic)Tomasz explained that making changes to the way the Northern Isles are shown had previously caused “a lot of upset,” and therefore they would not be changed again.He said: “No, putting the Northern Isles in a box caused a lot of upset.“They do not want it and we will respect that.”Tomasz was left red-faced earlier this year after suffering an awkward blunder live on-air.The TV star’s smart watch went off as he was presenting his segment and had to ask viewers to “ignore” it.Tomasz was half way through his first weather report on the show when suddenly a voice was heard coming from his smartwatch.Quickly realising what was happening, Tomasz.
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