Weather forecasting G. Harold Noyes in 1931. The world's first televised weather forecasts, including the use of weather maps, were experimentally broadcast by the BBC in 1936. This was brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. George Cowling gave the first weather forecast while being televised in front of the map in 1954. In America, experimental television forecasts were made by James C Fidler in Cincinnati in either 1940 or 1947 on the DuMont Television Network. In the late 1970s and early 80s, John Coleman, the first weatherman on ABC-TV's Good Morning America, pioneered the use of on-screen weather satellite
Burrill with Cowling manufacturing being the second largest employer with 8 people employed while the two smallest industrial sectors are 'Financial and Insurance Activities' and 'Information and Communication' both with 1.6% of the total number of employed. As of 2011 there were 84 people of working age with 60 of these being economically active, 2 being students and a further 14 being retired. Burrill with Cowling is home to a handful of listed buildings; Ivy Cottage (Grade II listed on 22 August 1966), Manor House (Grade II listed on 5 May 1952) and most notably Cowling Hall. Cowling Hall is a Grade I