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5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!

icannotgetafreename · 2.2M views · 2017-08-31 · 4:57:41

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Overview

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.

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

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2021–2023

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Ships, submarines & maritimeArts & entertainment (other)Geology & earth science
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bbc radio 4ambientsleep audioweatherbritish culture

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ilikepi · 2023-04 · Recommendation

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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ethbr0 · 2022-01 · Recommendation

> 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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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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