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        <title><![CDATA[BBC weatherman rocks news show’s theme on drums]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This reporter presents the news to the beat of his own drum.</p><p>While broadcasting from home during the <strong>coronavirus pandemic</strong>, BBC weatherman Owain Wyn Evans signed off his forecast with a cheery tip for viewers to &#8220;stay safe&#8221; — then raced off-camera to a nearby drum set, where he banged out percussion for his show&#8217;s theme song as it closed the broadcast.</p><p>The 36-year-old Welsh presenter, a <a href="https://twitter.com/OwainWynEvans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">self-described</a> &#8220;unapologetically flamboyant&#8221; weatherman, rocked out on the skins and cymbals while still rocking his camera-ready three-piece suit, tie, pocket square and a glittery brooch. A video of his broadcast beats — <a href="https://twitter.com/OwainWynEvans/status/1250319769678409735" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">posted to Twitter</a> early Wednesday — topped 2.5 million views, more than 24,600 retweets and 104,600. The video <strong>also nabbed</strong> more than 8,200 views on Instagram.</p><p>His energetic display delighted viewers, with <a href="https://twitter.com/AwkwardAdaWitch/status/1250328967178932225" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">one suggesting</a> that the network &#8220;replace the usual music with your performance permanently. That was fantastic!&#8221; and <a href="https://twitter.com/ShazzBakes/status/1250321729802498049" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">another adding</a>, &#8220;We&#8217;re all going a bit mad, so this is just what the doctor ordered.&#8221;</p><p>It turns out Evans, who <strong>joined</strong> the show &#8220;BBC North West Tonight&#8221; in September 2019, has some mad drum skills beyond his show&#8217;s theme. On <strong>his YouTube channel</strong>, he can be seen keeping the beat to songs by Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears and more. The consummate showman is also apparently a &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race&#8221; fan: For International Drag Day in 2017, he <strong>clacked a handheld fan</strong> and threw some shade about shade during a forecast. That same year he <strong>even presented</strong> a weather forecast <strong>in nine different languages</strong> as a salute to International Mother Language Day.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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