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4:57:41 · 2.2M views · Aug 31, 2017
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.
Offered as a calming, dry, familiar broadcast, fitting for a crowd that enjoys ambient and lofi radio.
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> 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: this video Recent: [LINK]
Maybe try the BBC shipping forecast? this video I find the use of the Beaufort scale ( [LINK] ) gives it a particularly dry flavor...
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. this video