Weatherman Walking
Weatherman Walking is a TV show on BBC2. Weatherman Derek Brockway swaps the studio for some of Wales' most beautiful and spectacular sights - and meets people making the most of the nation's great outdoors. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 43 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2025.
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Weatherman Walking
Derek the weatherman reflects on some of his favourite walks from south Wales. In the Vale of Glamorgan, Derek is joined by Olympian Colin Jackson.
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Derek is in Cardigan Bay, where he discovers the legend of Cantre’r Gwaelod at Sarn Cynfelyna. Derek also has a go at stand-up paddle-boarding.
Weather duo Derek Brockway and Sian Lloyd pedal around Lake Vyrnwy and learn about the village that was flooded to make way for the reservoir which still supplies Liverpool with water.
October 2025
Derek hits the Welsh coast, where he tries sand-sledging and horse-riding.
Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter.
Derek Brockway walks in Dylan Thomas's footsteps around Swansea before heading to the Llansteffan Peninsula and the Three Rivers estuary.
Derek takes the plunge bog snorkelling and walks with opera singer Beverley Humphreys.
August 2025
Derek Brockway, the Weatherman, walks along a stunning and often overlooked stretch of coastline dominated by the Second Severn Crossing or Prince of Wales Bridge.
Derek is on Anglesey with its cliffs constantly pounded by roaring waves. Along his walk from Porth Swtan to Cemly Bay, he visits a long house restored by locals and tries his hand at whittling.
Derek is in fine voice as he kicks off his walk in Cardigan, home of the first Eisteddfod. After visiting the castle, lovingly restored by locals, he learns about the dying ‘art’ of Seine net fishing.
It’s a walk down memory lane for weatherman Derek Brockway as he climbs the Nash Point lighthouse he used to visit as a child. Derek’s coastal walk takes him along Glamorgan's Jurassic coastline.
July 2025
Derek Brockway visits north Wales and goes into hiding, only to be tracked down by a pair of search and rescue dogs.
Derek Brockway explores the rugged beauty of the Great Orme headland before taking a walk from Llangynog to the Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall.
Derek Brockway enjoys two walks, one across the water from Tenby to Caldey Island, and a circular walk around Carreg Cennen Castle.
Derek Brockway enjoys two walks, one exploring the countryside around the Dyfi estuary and the other revealing Merthyr Tydfil's industrial heritage.
Derek Brockway joins the surf dudes when he visits St Bride’s Bay but still needs a bit more practice. On his walk to Solva, he learns about a UFO sighting that stunned the world.
Derek turns Pied Piper as he launches a walk of 800 children marking the anniversary of ‘People Power’ that saved a stretch of the Loughor Estuary for families to enjoy.
Weatherman Derek Brockway strips down to basics as he crosses a nudist beach in Gwynedd. Luckily, he has got a beach ball to spare his blushes!
June 2025
Weatherman Derek Brockway walks 11 miles from Porthcawl to Southerndown, in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Weatherman Walking for Children in Need 2025
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Derek is in Ceredigion, walking from Lampeter to Longwood in a special episode that celebrates the amazing work done by projects in Wales that are supported by BBC Children in Need.