I did realise the BBC weather map sort of skewed the map of the UK but had not realised how bad the distortion was!
See http://www.flickr.com/photos/caleyseoras/6775782187/
Complaints can be posted to the BBC at
https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/?reset=#anchor or http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complain-online/
We need our kids to have a basic idea of geography and the BBC are really not helping things - they should know better!