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5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!

5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!

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2 HN recommenders · discussed 2021–2023
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About this video

Five hours of the late-night BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast, uploaded to mark its 150th anniversary. It can be used as sleep audio or to learn the sea areas named in the broadcast.

Why it appears in the archive

Offered as a calming, dry, familiar broadcast, fitting for a crowd that enjoys ambient and lofi radio.

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ethbr0 · 2022-01 · rec

> equivalent of having a nice cuppa on a cool, late summer's morning, while looking out the window at the long, brown grass swaying gently in the breeze Obligatory BBC Shipping Forecast, because it seems right up this crowd's alley: [VIDEO] Recent: [LINK]

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ilikepi · 2023-04 · rec

Maybe try the BBC shipping forecast? [VIDEO] I find the use of the Beaufort scale ( [LINK] ) gives it a particularly dry flavor...

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Veen · 2021-08 · reference

That's funny, although it's missing the one of the best bits about Radio 4: the Shipping Forecast. For some reason, I find the late (0040) and early morning (0520) shipping forcasts immensely familiar and comforting. It's been a part of my life since I was a small child getting up very early for school when I had no idea what Dogger, Forties, Cromarty and Rockall meant. [VIDEO]

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