Throwback to when That’s Life’s featured a cat with a weather-predicting tail

There was a time when it was practically compulsory to watch That’s Life, the primetime magazine programme fronted by Esther Rantzen. One of its eclectic features was talented creatures, such as the dog that could say “sausages”, but also this cat, which could – allegedly – predict the weather using her tail.

#OnThisDay 1977: Jemima the cat could apparently tell the weather with her tail, but was typically aloof when it came to passing that information on. pic.twitter.com/59kMDzW5Km

— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) April 30, 2019

This is why they say “Never work with children or animals”

BBC presenter Jen Bartram felt she’d missed out.

If there was ever a story that I should have covered, this was it… https://t.co/wGen3vJiHh

— Jen Bartram (@JenBartram) April 30, 2019

Never mind – there’s bound to be another weather-predicting cat very soon.

Source: BBC Archive