Richard Madeley and Kate Garraway introduced a new weather presenter on Monday's Good Morning Britain. Chris Page filled in for regular forecasters Laura Tobin and Alex Beresford, who were unavailable.
Richard Madeley's welcome
During the show, Richard said: "We've got a new weather guy today! If you are in the Anglia region, you'll know him - he's been doing it for years there. But he's got up very, very early and he's come all the way down from Norwich. Here's Chris with the weather."
Weather forecast highlights
Chris began: "Hello there. Yes, a very good morning to you. We started first thing this morning with some patchy amounts of cloud and also some outbreaks of rain in the north and west." He revealed that temperatures could reach the mid 30s in the southern half of the country, but it would get cooler by the weekend with rain moving north.
Viewer reactions
GMB viewers shared their delight on social media. One wrote: "@ChrisPage90 nice to see you present the weather report just now on @gmb @itvnews you look very dapper in your suit." Another added: "How refreshing! A new weather reporter with a vast vocabulary." A third commented: "We love this new weather reporter, he's got the likability," and someone else said: "Nice to see @ChrisPage90 get the big job this morning."
Chris Page's background
Chris is based in the East of England and was born and raised in Norwich. He graduated from the University of Reading in 2011 with a Physical Geography degree and qualified as a meteorologist at the Met Office. He has been presenting weather for ITV regional news, primarily ITV Anglia, since 2017. Notable forecasts include the Beast from the East in 2018.
According to his official website, when not on camera, Chris "treasures spending quality time with his family and friends." Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 6am.
