BBC weather forecaster Tomasz Schafernaker lined up for BBC 5 Live

He was caught on camera giving a colleague a one-fingered salute and famously called the Glastonbury site "quite a muddy shite" . Now BBC weather forecaster Tomasz Schafernaker could be giving a rude awakening to listeners to the BBC 5 Live breakfast show. Schafernaker, who is one of several BBC television forecasters being moved to a backroom role in a Met Office shakeup , is being lined up for a prominent role on the breakfast show presented by Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty. The production team are reviewing the way they present the weather on the three-hour show. Schafernaker is one of the BBC's most high-profile forecasters thanks a string of on-air gaffes. He was caught on camera in August this year making an obscene gesture to BBC News Channel anchor Simon McCoy. He dissolved into giggles on BBC Radio 4 after telling listeners it would be "quite a muddy shite" at the Glastonbury music festival. And he was unable to stop laughing after McCoy – again on the BBC News Channel – suggested he had a "frozen ball". "Just the one!" he replied. But it was revealed last week that Schafernaker would be disappearing from TV screens as part of a Met Office reorganisation. The move to Radio 5 Live – which is still being considered by station bosses who are said to be keen to have him on board – would keep him in the public eye. Radio 5 Live's review of its weather forecasts is likely to see presenters given a more prominent role in the breakfast programme. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".