BBC weather forecasters Bill Giles and Ian McCaskill from Buckinghamshire have mixed feelings about the new BBC weather map introduced last week.

The new map, which cost £1million to create, uses three dimensional graphics to zoom into different regions of the country.

Bill Giles, the former head of BBC weather who lives in Chinnor, thinks the BBC have made too big a change.

He said: "I find it very confusing. The bottom line is, at the end of the forecast, do you understand the weather? And at the moment I don't think people do."

Mr Giles also hit out at the brown colour scheme, replacing the traditional green. He said: "I associate brown with areas of high altitude and clearly this is not the case in Britain."

However fellow weatherman Ian McCaskill, who now lives in Seer Green, is a fan of the new map.

He said: "It's got lots of detail and I think it's a very good system.

"But I think people need a training course in how to understand it, and I feel sorry for people with black and white televisions."