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==Personality and popular culture== Fish had a record dedicated to him in 1985 by the punk group Rachel and Nicki called ''"I wish, I wish, he was like Michael Fish"''. This was featured on ''[[Wogan]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.michael-fish.com/biography.asp |title=Biography of Michael Fish β MBE Hon. D.Sc. FRMetS |publisher=Michael-fish.com |date=27 April 1944 |access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref> In 2012, Fish worked with a fashion company to coordinate a [[BASE jumping|BASE jump]] from a block of flats in central London to raise awareness of [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/video-watch-michael-fish-base-1271990 |title=Video: Watch Michael Fish B.A.S.E jump for climate change awareness |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |date=21 August 2012 |access-date=24 August 2013}}</ref> In 2017 Fish partnered with [[Fullers Brewery]] for a campaign called #Whenitrainsitpours which gave Twitter followers a free pint of [[London Pride (beer)|London Pride]] each time it rained in London.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/02/03/london-pride-taps-legendary-weatherman-michael-fish-rainy-day-beer-give-away|title=London Pride taps legendary weatherman Michael Fish for rainy day beer give away|newspaper=TheDrum|access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref> Fish lives in [[Twickenham]], south western Greater London.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/10410521/Tree-down-Serves-me-right-says-famous-forecaster-Michael-Fish.html|title='Tree down serves me right says famous forecaster Michael Fish|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=28 October 2013|access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref>
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