5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!

[@illogicalassertations7875]

Area(s), Wind Direction, Wind Speed according to Beaufort scale, weather, visibility

[@freename]

Very helpful, thanks.. Pinned :D

[@taufiqutomo]

How about the second set of forecasts - one that contains "x miles, one thousand and ..."?

[@freename]

barometric pressure maybe?

[@hgrunt100]

That last number is barometric pressure.

[@stupidfanboyph]

What is "rising more slowly" though, the barometric pressure?

[@laserpanda94]

The fact that I can click a button and instantly summon 5 hours of the shipping forecast at will is a vindication of the entire twentieth century.

[@freename]

If you get bored of this one or learn it off by heart, there's another 5 hours (I think I link to it in the description) :)

[@laserpanda94]

@@freename I'm usually asleep within the first thirty seconds

[@garypuckettmuse]

I love that.

[@tenofivelips]

​@icannotgetafreename I appreciate this upload because I'm in the US and have been watching UK television for 30 yrs. Black Books, The Vicor of Dibley, Coupling, Father Ted, etc, and have heard the shipping forecast mentioned many times without having the chance to hear the actual broadcast. Thank you. It's amazing.

[@laravonstaden1838]

I know how you feel!

[@Hanklerfishies]

"good, occasionally poor at first" should be my motto

[@jaspertickler1831]

that gets a lol

[@norrinradd3549]

Zenymn. That sounds like you just need to practice, at arriving second.!.!.!.!.

[@freename]

Faaaaanks

[@romancandlefight1144]

*Epitaph

[@garypuckettmuse]

HAHAHAHAHA! thank you.

[@calebanderson5309]

How can you sleep to this? I'm on the edge of my seat!! What's gonna happen next in Humber?!

[@AshleyPomeroy]

I think it's going to be moderate or good, increasing 6 or 7, good later.

[@Mechanicalrob]

Hull will end up underwater and Barton will become an island 😂

[@L3go_Man87]

😂

[@MrBannystar]

Gotta be honest, this comment made me chuckle.

[@mynameisbangable]

Forget the Bodyguard, this is the best shit the BBC has produced!

[@testingphaze4853]

I love how almost every caster says good night at the end of their casts like they know that they're basically reading bedtime stories to sleepy sailors

[@nondescripthandle212]

They know exactly what it's used for, not just sailors. Many people sleep to this. And they readily acknowledge it

[@judydorsman7013]

@@nondescripthandle212 !!

[@judydorsman7013]

6745

[@christophernation4793]

Not sleepy! They have Meteo info from many sources but rhw Shipping Forecast still has value. If you are in a sea area where the pressure, the main engine of Meteo activity, is 'falling rapidly' the last thing you are thinking about is sleep. You and your shipmates will prepare the vessel for a beating.

[@paulstewart6293]

Or deeply scared people who don't know if they will see tomorrow. Like us of day. "rising" means so much.

[@frannsh5100]

As a child I struggled to sleep and my mum took me to docs. they gave her a prescription for a radio ( I kid you not) and suggested I listened to the shipping forecast!! It essentially worked.. I love it to this day….

[@lyannawinter405]

:D that's a great prescription..

Always loved to listen to this late at night especially in my nan's old static caravan at searivers in Ynyslas. It was so dark and calm at night! I can still remember the pleasant woody smells and rhe smells of the sofa that converted into a bed for night-time use. I also liked listening to French radio talk shows on nice and low, very soporific so long as you don't understand the language!

[@thebagelsproductions]

It was always on about half 11 at night just before radio 4 goes over to the World Service

[@annewalker2848]

I also listen to this in bed - it is my 'go to sleep' listening when i'm wired. At 83 years of age I often find it difficult to fall asleep (too many aches and pains maybe!), and this mostly works for me. It occasionally depends on the announcer though... Thank you for putting it on here.

[@freename]

@annewalker2848 thank you for taking the time to comment. I love hearing how this had helped people.

[@wn6886]

It’s a little known fact, that, the BBC ‘s shipping, weather service, uses 99% of the U.K.s total annual output, of domestically assembled commas, each year

[@sprklfaz]

You missed a comma

[@MikeyJMJ]

Which is quite fitting considering most listeners are driven to a coma

[@ms3528]

Comma-gain?

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

This, right here, in my honest, occasionally rising opinion, slowly or, maybe, more slowly, as you like it, is an exceptionally, if not overlooked, at least underrated, I would say, comment, wouldn't you?

[@markf5220]

@@ezekielbrockmann114 Beautiful comment

[@adlg5158]

Nobody: KZbin Recommendations: 5 HOURS OF BRITISH SHIPPING FORECASTS Edit: I know this was very unoriginal, I am a changed man now

[@capnskiddies]

*ahem. I watched a sailing video from Christian Williams earlier.

[@Raggaliamous]

Yet it knows your soul.

[@Burn1gn]

Thats what happened to me

[@AventuroPlays]

I watched a video about one of the speakers a couple of months ago, so I guess that's a bit more of a direct connection... except it wasn't a video, but a podcast on a different website. Google really creeps me out sometimes.

[@mcireland2955]

and Irish

[@rann808]

Mr stark, I don’t feel so good, but occasionally moderate

[@jacob3016]

I want to die.

[@Superwhopotterlocked]

Too soon

[@rann808]

You guys hyped for end, occasionally beginninggame

[@lydialondis]

IM CRYING NOT BECAUSE IM SAD THIS IS JUST FUNNY

[@ironici]

at first

[@nikose34]

as a greek, my uncle used to sail with freight ships around the globe and he would listen to shipping information all the time and would take notes. even today, retired, residing in greece, he listens to the shipping information without writing anywhere. i asked him why do you still listen to it? memories, he answers...

[@LMB222]

…and reminisces on the old times.

[@ladybooksmith3347]

Beautiful x

[@seanmccuen6970]

your unc was on stinkpots that have motor driven propellers, he didn't sail. not nearly enough respect for the beautiful square rigger sailing ship beasts of yesteryear.

[@arinc9]

πολυ καλά

[@MickHolding]

I'm not got showers need storms

[@liscatcat8756]

Made redundant, now losing my home, incredibly stressed, anxious and unable to sleep. This was in my recommendations . I grew up listening to radio 4, I'd stay the night at my big sister's little flat she'd always have radio 4 all day and night . I'd snuggle down in bed all cosy pretending I was in a little boat sailing across the sea, Makes me feel very nostagic and safe . Thank you very much for the upload it's helping me sleep 💖✌💕

[@freename]

Sorry to hear how things are for you but glad this helps. It's a strange time right now and hopefully things can only get better from here onward.

[@liscatcat8756]

@@freename Yes, thank you for your kindness. So many people are in the same situation. It must get better :)

[@liketheroman]

@@liscatcat8756 I hope things have improved for you!

[@I-Libertine]

You aren't 'redundant'. You're exceptional. Hold fast. Fair winds and smooth seas ahead, outlook outstanding.

[@sharonhart3111]

oh my Gosh, how are you now? im seeing this 2 years after you posted, are you ok?

[@novackh2864]

I want this played at my funeral.

[@Hysteria98]

Well, get buried at sea and you just might.

[@jellydee123]

I lost

[@DeadlyNightShade60]

Your funeral is going to be 5 hours long? It's a good way to go out. The doors are all locked, no one is allowed to leave until they have listened to all 5 hours of the Shipping Forecast!

[@jellydee123]

@@DeadlyNightShade60 It will be good time to greive

[@BREN70S]

And everyone has to stand .

[@sidscrote2006]

Its all part of being British! I listen every morning at 05.20. Don't ask me why, I'm driving a bloody truck nowhere near the sea!!!

[@pyeltd.5457]

Sid Scrote densal

[@TheHorsebox2]

That is so funny.

[@noooddle]

At least if you run off a cliff, you will know what you're getting into.

[@Yamezzzz]

Wtf it's currently 5:16am here in the UK (still can't sleep) and I just read this comment.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@@noooddle not the sea if he's no where near it

[@smaakjeks]

I think the soothing feeling people get from this might be a remnant of our past. There is something soothing about people talking around you as you fall asleep. It's reassuring. The home is guarded. The fire is maintained. Predators are kept away. You are safe.

[@blackkittens.]

Totally agree :)

[@paulbelanger7383]

Exactly this. 👍

[@ws5606]

Smaakjeks K The home is guarded. The fire is maintained. Predators are kept away. The shipping is being forecast. You are safe.

[@sagitarius8184]

When I was in the Marine Corps I always slept the best when in the field, surrounded by others, knowing someone was on watch and that they would wake me up when it was my turn. Always the deepest and easiest sleeps

[@neurocidesakiwi]

Those days are gone sadly :(

[@Essexgirl-on9cl]

It’s hilarious that people use the shipping forecast to get to sleep. I spent 7 years working at sea; listening to the shipping forecast several times per day, was a vital part of the job!

[@richmondvand147]

its a very important programme for the isles

[@GizziMoD]

Showers good

As a non mariner all I care about is that on low volume it's very soporific.

[@leec7519]

As an American I have absolutely no idea what is being said but find it relaxing.

[@philmcgroin]

Bless your heart to think that people from the UK actually understand this

[@georgejob2156]

Shipping forecast,the seas are defined by areas ,look at the map from the met office..

[@faithbad666]

I Know Right? 😁

[@j.rebekah8605]

Why? You speak English, it's shipping weather forecast. We have that here too.

[@trueaussie9230]

​@@philmcgroin They didn't say they think the British understand it. That's come from your fantasy.

[@johndaarteest]

Imagine listening to this whilst on a boat in the North Sea or North Atlantic, a little bunk bed, tucked up, rain and spray battering the porthole windows. A small hurricane lamp above you swinging casting shadows about the cabin.

[@melgrant7404]

Sounds great to me

[@scottwhitley3392]

mel grant not in winter when they waves reach 24 meters the ship is getting air and you can’t have a shower without clinging on for dear life 🤣

[@__seeker__]

JohnDa Artist .....you’ve obviously never been on a boat in the North Sea

[@SundayGravy812]

Yeah i bed you'd take some spray to your porthole, wouldnt ya sailor? Hahahahahaha

[@LeeRaldar]

I worked on seine netters, we didn't really get to go to bed for the 2-3 weeks we were out there.

[@ExpiredCartonOfEggNogg]

You: Good, Occasionally Poor The guy she told you not to worry about: Good, Occasionally moderate

[@antihomosapien]

Just adding a comment so it doesn't look awkward, given the likes.

[@freename]

Wow, that is a lot of likes!

[@DreamClean]

@@freename You're so gassed, lmao.

[@maribelsoto6552]

Thank you for this I needed a laugh

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

The status of his erection: 1,013, rising more slowly. 😉

[@f0cke_wulf764]

My friends: Hey you wanna go out tonight? Me: *I need to find out what happens next in Biscay*

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

An invasion *[gathering the Fleet Britishly]*

[@MaxwellTornado]

@@deltoroperdedor3166 That was in Wight, though. Unless we're talking 100 Years', and not WW2.

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

@@MaxwellTornado no, we're talking about what must be done

[@MaxwellTornado]

@@deltoroperdedor3166 I don't understand.

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

@@MaxwellTornado France is an aberration of history that must be corrected

[@admiralcraddock464]

In a world of loud, shouty soundbites this is an oasis of reassuring calm.

[@grandassassin24]

i like to think that when the world ends, the TV will go, the Internet will be lost, but there will be someone on the radio waves doing the shipping forecast. its the epitome of consistency. no matter what, the shipping forecast happens, and in exactly the same way as it always has.

[@AtoBoldonNBC]

Even scarier - long after we are gone, some alien species discovers THAT as all that’s left of US

[@ArtesianFalma]

I paused this when I went to the bathroom so I wouldn't miss anything.

[@freename]

[@larapalma3744]

LMAO

[@ArtesianFalma]

@@larapalma3744 Yeah, that's from the past. Like, What year is this?

[@sandramccloud3]

As you should.

[@mosart7025]

@@ArtesianFalma IDK

[@ketchup5344]

Just discovered this!!! I was feeling so crap....but now I feel good, occasionally moderate, falling, loosing my identity backing south to south westerly, occasionally very good. ✌🏽

[@sandralangford1278]

😂😂😂😂😂 Bravo David wilder that's made my evening👌

[@brigidsingleton1596]

*losing ...loosing means your may need to tighten your belt, or your trousers might fall, showers, good, occasionally moderate later.

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Parent: "How are you today son?" Son: "Good, occasionally moderate.

[@jacksdjfam]

That's going to be the title of my autobiography

[@TorchwoodPandP]

The one for Norway lists 3000km of coastline with islands and inlets and fjords… and it used to be spoken in the local dialects as you moved up the coast. ❤

[@rundmk00]

And they managed to do all that within 24hrs 😮 !

[@Vingul]

Would like to find that (am Norwegian)

[@TorchwoodPandP]

@@Vingul rikskrinkastningen? Norsk radio? Måske i arkiv?

[@LuciaArkwright]

@@TorchwoodPandP Please record and post it to youtube. I have a quest to determine which country has the best sea weather forecast.

[@TorchwoodPandP]

@@LuciaArkwright that probably is Norway: their app is called YR and are made by NRK (Norsk Riks Kringkastning). The Danish one DMI has been used to test weather theories, because we have some very specific weather pattern borders, that makes Denmark the ideal nation to test them in. As a result ours tends tobe a bit muddled.

[@rdgreeley]

Thank you for this great forecast. I live in the U.S.A., and it's so peaceful. I dream of the seas around your beautiful island.

[@freename]

Some of our coast is very nice :) some is very grim :P

[@ThePolarBearProductions]

“How’s life?” “Good, occasionally moderate”

[@4TheRecord]

Good, becoming moderately poor later.

[@timacann]

I read your comment at exactly the same time as the forecaster said it. Serendipity

[@joshc1981]

"Poor, falling rapidly"

[@LucaB-c4u]

"Losing its identity."

[@rufussinijas]

Rising more, slowly.

[@joelwhitaker469]

I’ve had the experience of laying in my nice warm bed listening to the Shipping Forecast thinking ‘thank God I’m not out there tonight!’.......only for my Lifeboat pager to go off 5 minutes later and then be heading 22 miles out into the very storm I’d been smugly thankful for avoiding!

[@Natashahoneypot]

Joel Whitaker bless you

[@ben-jam-in6941]

Didn’t expect that comment. Very cool. Bless you and others who do life saving work like that.

[@liscatcat8756]

Thank you for your kindness you are a hero 💖✌

[@Baron_von_Fargone]

Thanks for being you 🙏godbless lifeguards

[@christophernation4793]

Chapeau, sailor. I once read a comment by some Wall St big shot that "If you really want to see what the Brits can do when they put their mind to it, check out The Royal Lifeboat Institution"

[@robreuss6315]

Discussed as a cure for insomnia in today's NY Times. I always find the sound of BBC readers very soothing. Going to try this tonight!

[@freename]

Hope you enjoy :) was that in the print version or online? Thanks for commenting!

[@denisesudell2538]

@@freename I found the NYT article on line just today and came here for the comforting voices. Thanks so much for posting!

[@sweetgrl9840]

I read the article too. (I'm starting a second job tomorrow), I'm nervous, but I need to sleep. Thank you NY Times. I'm barely able to finish editing this comment. Zzzzzzzz

[@tnlvirtual1097]

@@freename Coloradoan here… I subscribe to NYT digital; I get emails with a blurb of an article and a link to the full story that opens in the App. Very convenient and was so intrigued by this morning’s blurb it led me HERE! Good job!

[@ellezee6744]

I read the same article in the NY Times online today. After listening to audio mystery books and old time radio shows on KZbin in failed attempts to sleep at night, I'm going to give the dulcet tones of the BBC4 weather announcers a listen. Their voices are lovely!

[@-Sprowley]

Playing this the next time my friends want me to choose something to listen to in the car.

[@jaysmith2858]

It will be an infinitely more enjoyable car ride than one where you cannot escape the crud that is churned out by the music industry these days.

[@jamesclouse9947]

Currently playing this for my gf who can't stop puking because she challenged me to drinking contest. Trying to get her to pay attention, I highly doubt she's gonna pass the quiz come morning.

[@danmcdaid]

Everyone falls asleep, car crashes, poor, occasionally good.

[@alitlweird]

God, the internet is awesome! 🥳 Listening to this at 2:13am because I can’t sleep. This makes me feel like when I was a kid and couldn’t sleep… and would just surf up and down my radio dial until I found something weird or interesting to listen to. This is exactly something I would have listened to… every night that I could tune it in.

[@freename]

Enjoy :)

[@alitlweird]

Only thing that would make it better would be AM radio static due to lightning. 📻 ⛈️

[@KnappKnits]

More reliable than Radio Caroline!

[@halcyondaystunes]

I only ever thought I did this. It's quite comforting knowing other kids did the same 😂

[@alitlweird]

@@halcyondaystunes Radio was one of my best friends as a kid. I feel connected over the radio waves with other people. Because I know other people are listening. Even if it’s just one other person… there’s still a connection.

[@benmcdonnell85]

Before ASMR videos existed on youtube, even before youtube, I would stay up and tune in to this on my FM radio on my phone to relax to 😂

[@baksuz171717]

@Smattless based

[@CDbiggen]

@Smattless , summed up perfectly.

[@BruhMoment-oc7yk]

Smattless not all ASMR videos are like that, sometimes you get Nordic men talking about maps of Stockholm

[@benmcdonnell85]

Smattless The only broken loser on here is you mate.

[@CDbiggen]

@@benmcdonnell85 , Very bland lazy attempt to get him. Unfortunately, that dudes right. There's a shit load of that particular ASMR about and it is pathetic.

[@kmfdm10392]

i fall asleep to this almost every night. there's something oddly soothing about hearing the weather forecast told by someone with a British accent.

[@siobhan28483]

NothingHereMoveOn Same here. It’s very soothing. My mum introduced me to it as a child.

[@letsshall]

wait, this is the weather? wtf

[@uniboio2437]

fleshlight salesman The weather and general conditions for the sea’s, not the weather forecast for those on the mainland.

[@frank9644]

@@letsshall It's for sailors. That's why it sounds like gibberish to the rest of us

[@pyeltd.5457]

It's like teleshoping when the TV channel gose of air for the night.

[@SnailSnail622]

American here. First listened to the Shipping Forecast on a meditation app I used to use. Happy to find it again tonight. ☺️

[@xr6lad]

I remember listening to this sort of thing late at night on a holiday in Britain. We were in a old country holiday cottage and it was windy and stormy one night and we were High up lying in bed and could see town lights in the far distance out the window. Felt so comforting and so British. Stays in my mind.

[@kevinpierce3458]

Comforting to know that there’ll always be an England

[@madwhitehare3635]

😬...don't speak too soon!

[@Gilan4983]

I was a ship’s captain for 20 years and I remember at the start of my training having to fill in the blank charts with the local conditions 4 times a day , plot the isobars and then you’d try to predict the forecast for the next day by comparing the different snap shots with what you were seeing out of the window.

[@karinberryman2009]

I bet you see today’s weather has become quite bizarre.

[@weemalky]

Curled up in bed with my ear to our old Hitachi radio turned low. R4 LW and listening to 'The Hobbit' - book at bedtime and then the headlines followed by the shipping forecast. Rain and wind howling against the window but here I am nice and cosy. All those places incanted like a spell around the coast of our island with gales and storms but I am nice and warm and sleepy. Radio off and time to go to sleep thinking of the sea waves crashing around us and the poor souls having to endure the storm..

[@smaakjeks]

+Alistair It's a wonderful feeling. Like your bed is a life raft. No harm can befall you, no matter how the storm growls and scrapes at the window to get at you. In fact, I have two decent quality speakers in my bedroom, and a dedicated MP3-player hooked up to them. The player is always connected to the charger, so battery is not an issue. It has several 7+ hour recordings of storms and rain on it, which I use to fall asleep to some nights. I'm playing it right now. My bed is now a life raft again, just like when I was a wee boy.

[@Pixel1962]

That's EXACTLY it, Alistair!!

[@christophernewman5027]

Yes, you nailed it. 🙂

[@mralan5743]

This is beautiful

[@stevebton]

A wonderful description! It's a very British thing and your lovely evocation is so ... well evocative.

[@Sara3346]

Thank you most deeply for making this without advertisements, it is magnificent.

[@freename]

There is one at he very beginning and end but having them throughout would be infuriating :D at one point KZbin re-enabled regular adverts throughout for all long KZbin videos, I didn't notice it happen but it didn't take much time before people grumbled in the comments :)

[@daveelliott5855]

Well it was on the BBC 🤣

[@82726jsjsufhejsjshshdjso]

@@freenamethey insist on making them jarringly loud. Am I more suggestible when I’m startled or something?!

[@rah62]

" Richard, we’re going yachting this weekend. We *need* the shipping forecast. I will not embark on a expedition of this magnitude without taking elementary precautions." -- Hyacinth Bucket

[@marksaunders8904]

😂😂😂 brilliant!

[@kitharrison8799]

I think the Shipping Forecast kink in the UK landlubbers is to do with its time of broadcast (0048) and that it almost poetically and rhythmically describes far away places. It's our national lullaby. It's certainly one of our more endearing assets.

[@megaravalkyrie6880]

Me: *trying to sleep* Announcer: "silly automatic" My brain: "hee hee *silly* "

[@JasonGulbin]

Got to this comment just as they said it.

[@itsjudystube7439]

Megara Valkyrie I can only hear Silly now 🤣🤣🤣

[@Laura-hr9cp]

"Dogger... Good." 😅😅

[@mjproebstle]

Jason Gulbin same!

[@VayaSon4Gotas]

Would someone please name their band Silly Automatic?

[@edwardhudson9851]

As an Expat Englishman now living in Edmonton Canada and our other properties you wouldn't believe how comforting listening to this is so thanks for this

[@addisonpoe8863]

Moving south and losing its identity is just the forecast for my life

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Try being a nearly 71 year old twice-ex-wife. 😢😢 🤔😏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿♥️🇬🇧🌝🖖

[@laravonstaden1838]

I live in England and nowhere in the isles of the UK is anyone more than 70 miles from the sea, as the crow flies. Thank you very much for this, it will soothe me to sleep. I have always loved this forecast since childhood, my family all keen sailors. I love the sea and now I have this to love too! There is a book by Charlie Conelly “Attention All Shipping” where Charlie journeys around areas made famous/familiar by this forecast area. It is entertaining and amusing. Other publications exist to choose from also.

[@FishpondsLady]

I grew up in Birmingham, which is about as far as you can get from the sea in Britain, but my mum and I loved the shipping forecast. I was always worried by "cyclonic". I imagined something like Dorothy's house in the Wizard of Oz.

[@jonaskebab8090]

You know, I’m the beginning, I was sure the initial character development wouldn’t add up to much, but by hour 2, I really felt connected with each and every character. The dialogue and story were masterfully written, with gripping, unexpected twists at every turn. I’ll admit, hour 3 was a bit bland, but the lead up to the very end in hour 4 was totally worth. And the bonus minutes at the end really was icing on the cake. Masterfully written, this director is going places!

[@juliechi6166]

Best comment I have ever read on KZbin.

[@jimjulian4443]

Everybody's a critic!

[@alienhoward2270]

Yes! Alan’s section in part 4 is absolutely crazy!! I couldn’t believe at first what he said to Tom

[@perseus9428]

I laughed. I cried. I FELT !!!

[@charlesmurtaugh3771]

Did you stay for the post-credits scene?

[@eltiodude3654]

Alright KZbin, I watched the entire thing. Happy now? It was worth it

[@scotttracy9333]

Hope you're feeling better than fair to moderate

[@bitterlemonboy]

Saul Goodman

[@riverbotherer]

I love the Shipping Forecast. My sleep is now moderate, becoming good later. :D Thankyou!

[@alexandradane3672]

The Shipping Forecast has always been so very reassuring …..and not just when sailing . Thank you for this.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Oh the joy that once was listening to this,followed by the heartfelt 'goodnight' from the announcer,then the drum roll of the national anthem ❤️ Except that I can never hear it without the smile of a memory from when my oldest son was very small. My best friend at the time was called Gayle,she lived in Somerset on the mainland and we were living on Portland. In those days we used to sometimes get a short bulletin during the day too. Into the kitchen he ran, breathless with excitement.."Gayle's on Portland mummy, Gayle's on Portland!!" He was convinced that the radio had announced her imenent arrival 😂 poor chap was very crestfallen once we'd explained why we all laughing.

[@flapjackrabbit480]

Valefisk sent me to this beautiful video.

[@P99s-s]

me too

[@ryansheardown30]

He didn't send me, but I got here anyway.

[@YuiFunami]

same

[@tinyboxtim6663]

Same.

[@louisswanepoel1614]

Why else would I click on this

[@MaryBethGifford-sn3xj]

Can’t believe I’d never heard of this until now. Have been sleeping with it since I broke a rib and needed a way to not think of the pain. Also love that I’ve been to Ireland, mainland Scotland and Orkney. So love that I know some of the seas. Good night, all, who listen too.

[@BTVAmerica]

Mrs Bale (the housekeeper of Rocky and Madge in the British sitcom 'As Time Goes By') frequently provides the forecast of the English Channel. There are many people on land in Britain who listen to the shipping forecast even though they never go near the sea. The forecast always takes the same form, a gentle litany of sea areas, wind strength, wave height etc… This is seen by many as soothing. It has become a stereotype that people of a certain age, who listen to Radio 4, will listen to the shipping forecast. It is perceived by many as more accurate than the more glossy television weather forecasts. Mrs. Bale fits into that stereotype and that is the joke.

[@caspers_cousin]

And I loved how rocky and Madge always checked with Mrs bale on the latest! So nice to find someone who remembers Mrs bale!

[@40ny]

I worked in Valentia Weather Station in 1980-81. Our data was part of the "reports from coastal stations" section of the Shipping Forecast. Then I went to university and was a lecturer for more than 30 years. So in my own small way, I spent my entire career putting people to sleep.

[@seancourtney9021]

It takes me back to my childhood, growing up in Ireland. We'd be listening to the BBC and, reluctant to go to bed, would tune into the Shipping Forecast on the Beeb. Ah, those were the days, lol!

[@freename]

:)

[@damascus6478]

Why is this so mesmerizing? I can't stop listening.

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

As long as there's always the midnight news with bells, then Sailing By then the shipping forecast and finally the anthem, then all is right with the world.

[@eamonlyons8318]

Remember the early morning drives to the ferry ports when i was a kid, going back home to Ireland, always around 2-5 am depending on where we were living at the time. This was playing as we drove because many of us were tired and sleepy. Still relaxes me to this day, especially on cold windy wet nights. Knowledge if sailing and experience leads to dreams of the sea.

[@tonyjohansson7567]

S. Utsire, Fisher, German bight and Dogger is also on the Swedish shipping forecast at Swedish Radio P1, together with several stations in Skagerrak, Kattegat, The Baltic Sea and Lake Vänern. Different languages, but very much the same 😁

[@2msvalkyrie529]

I find the sound of people speaking Swedish very relaxing.! I might try to hear Swedish shipping forecast . Listening to Swedish audiobook is also very soothing !!

[@FloraAshley]

@@2msvalkyrie529I spent three years teaching myself Swedish. I love it! I need to find the shipping forecast in Swedish. Thank you for the information.

[@Baron_von_Fargone]

I've heard the shipping forecast at 00:48 on Radio4 millions of times.When I was a teen and I was a milkman,in jail on the radio in the 00's and now I work constant Nightshift in a warehouse.its something that chills me right out without fail.its like a lullaby.'sailing by' is like another national anthem too.🐜

[@2msvalkyrie529]

You've been around ! You should write a book !

[@elizabethmoore3295]

Yes 'sailing by' loved that tune! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnfHkqZjoLJ5bZYsi=0kNDO4BZfleCZQFS

[@64ankka]

1:03:28 "I hope you are enjoying your summer. It is 43 in Spain, I'd much rather have the drizzle."

[@mirmahmood2619]

You listened to 1:03:28??? Have you gone mad????

[@frostyframe]

Welcome to Good, but occasionally poor Burger. Home of the Good, occasionally moderate, Burger.

[@bearded_toad]

Fair, good.

[@montysmith6355]

want fries or onion rings with that burger?

[@igorszamaszow171]

Can I take your order?

[@ohthatpaul]

Came to this from tonight's New York Times article celebrating the sleep-inducing properties of this venerable British institution. The invocation of British-adjacent water place names carries a soothing authority; when a then-contemporary broadcast was incorporated into Chumbawamba's track "Good Ship Lifestyle" on their 1997 album, Tubthumping, the recital achieved a tragic stature.

[@martynmurfitt-wrather7555]

This was my ‘good night’ for many of my teenage years, gently lulling me to sleep & improving my geographic knowledge at the same time! I recall listening to it on the night of the hurricane that hit southern UK in the 80’s - it was clear that something major was on the way!!

[@patrickhaden5831]

If you enjoy this, you'll love the Tears for Fears song "Pharaohs." It is a very calming instrumental composition built around the reading of a shipping forecast. It was the B-side to the single "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."

[@sharebrained]

Also at the end of Thomas Dolby’s “Windpower” (1982)! Liner notes credit John Marsh.

[@GeorgiaCav]

@@sharebrainedI came here to say exactly the same thing. As an American, it’s nice to finally hear a clear, uncut version.

[@jamescockerham2309]

I am happy that someone else knows of that song and took the time to post a message about it. Also that I didn't have to scroll forever to find it. Pharoahs is one of my favorite tracks from "Saturnine, Martial, and Lunatic".

[@Evan64m]

Radiohead's "In Limbo" has the repeated line "Lundy Fastnet Irish Sea, I've got a message I can't read" as a backing vocal almost which I find pretty cool

[@christophernation4793]

Time was when the BBC Home Service, which became Radio 4 was, along with The Third Programme [classical music and high-end literature], all you could get and it was on Long Wave. So almost everyone with a radio heard the Shipping Forecast every day. Being able to interpret the Shipping Forecast was a module in the 'Yachtmaster Offshore' sailing ticket. In the exam, one was given the area chart as in the article. The examiner then hit 'Play' on a cassette deck and a complete shipping forecast was read [but excluding the inshore forecasts] . One filled in the chart, area by area, according to the info. At the end one should be able to see a weather pattern for the entire area covered by the chart, with the centre of the inevitable depression, the isobars circling around it, with the windspeeds associated with every isobar .... At the end, when we'd handed in out charts to the examiner we all discussed what we'd come up with. "I got a dart board!" "So did I!" "I've failed! My chart was insane!" "No you haven't, Charlie. You passed. And all your dartboards are right. That was the forecast for the 1979 Fastnet Race, with the storm that killed 19 people and sank most of the fleet!" The Fastnet Race is a race from Plymouth, Devon, England around The Fastnet Rock off the coast of southern Ireland [and gives its name to that shipping area] and back to Plymouth. The storm has gone into meteo and sailing legend.

[@ateleskier7066]

Winter's night. Storm outside. A touch of flu. Electric blanket on, duvet up to chin and put on the Shipping Forecast. Life is good again.

[@danmcdaid]

Becoming moderate later.

[@michaelwalpole2208]

In the extended version of Thomas Dolby's "Windpower", from the early '80s, there's a fragment of a shipping forecast played over the last minute or so of the track. I've listened to it many times but never really had a clear idea of what it was about. The video gives it the context I was missing, and it's kind of neat to notice that the format hasn't changed at all in the intervening 35-40 years. Thanks for this upload!

[@kaycey7361]

This is my favourite BBC radio programme. I dont need sleeping pills. Just play it and instantaneous drift to sleep. Thanks BBC

[@supercrass]

Thank you for this. I first heard the shipping forecast one early morning while jet lagged in UK - it was mesmerizing and relaxing then, and still is now. Superb upload. Thank you!

[@TheJthom9]

'Losing its identity by Tuesday'. Sounds like me on a bad week

[@jr5389]

😂😂😂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

[@alexthomson7465]

😂

[@akumar7366]

I grew up listening to this on Radio 4, started in around 1977, I think, some things never change, which is a good thing.

[@Laceyktm]

And into the sea Goes pretty England and me Around the bay of Biscay And back for tea Hit traffic on the dogger bank Up the Thames to find a taxi rank Sail on by with the tide And go to sleep And the radio says This is a low But it won't hurt you When you're alone It will be there with you Finding ways to stay solo Up the Tyne, Forth and Cramity There's a low in the high forties Saturday's locked away on the pier Not fast enough, dear And on the malin head Blackpool looks blue and red And the queen, she's gone round the bend Jumped off Land's End And the radio says

[@abchi1927]

I just rediscovered this song *and* finally understand what they were singing about. Amazing, timeless song by Damon and boys.

[@Kosh_Naranek.]

We may not all have the pleasure of being English, however, mariners everywhere exist in solidarity at the mercy of god and the seas, and we can all appreciate the comfortable familiarity of services like the shipping forecast.

[@Jonsson474]

Wow this is brilliant! I really loved listening to the shipping forecasts as a kid. It’s so relaxing.

[@henryknight2107]

I had never heard of shipping forecasts before today, I encountered the concept for the first time and had it explained to me this morning. I had no idea this was such a cultural institution in the UK. And now youtube suggests this video to me.

[@zram1997]

Like many Americans, it soothes me to pretend that somewhere there's a gentle, mildly-depressed British person with extremely consistent eating habits watching over me.

[@chukidee6634]

There's something soothing to the ears and senses when listening to a voice on the radio 📻

[@dlarge6502]

Today, 1/1/2025 the Shipping Forecast is 100 years old. The BBC are broadcasting specials on R4 all day

[@freename]

Yay. I will try and listen.

[@allisonschempf2230]

Thank you for posting this! It's soothing to listen to. I feel like the eccentric country lady on "As Time Goes By" who's addicted to the BBC weather service.

[@marcmitchelson4519]

Mrs. Bale (?)

[@robplazzman6049]

Imagine a storm losing its identity! “Am I a storm, am I a gale ? I, .............. I just don’t know anymore”

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

"I'm 16 or 11, rising more slowly."

[@seriousoldman8997]

An existential crisis!

[@Dessienewshoes]

I love a good solid 5 hours of shipping forecasts. Can't beat it

[@syedadeelhussain2691]

Very nice to listen to this if one is suffering from a sleeping disorder. Allows one to relax and fall asleep, as one continues to listen to the broadcasts.

[@SJSpode114]

As a kid used to love the shipping forecast coming on the car radio as we were travelling to relatives on holiday. Never knew where these places were but it sounded interesting

[@airspeedmph]

What's missing here is a bit of AM radio distortion and interference to make things more authentic.

[@paulputnam8211]

Someone should develop an app that makes the crisp clear tones of digital sound like AM radio !

[@jimreily7538]

@@paulputnam8211 There is an Audacity plugin that adds crackes and alters the audio to make it sound older. I can't remember the name right now but I've used it in the past, it worked quite well.

[@janmcintyre8595]

Thank you SO much for posting this! 🙏 The length means I can let it simply run, which is as in it needs to be for me. A few years ago all I could find on KZbin were silly spoofs or maybe short snippets. I live in country Victoria, Australia & don't receive the broadcast. Lisa Knapp's song, The Shipping News, is a gem too.

[@freename]

Thanks for the thanks :) I also keep it advert free (apart from the very beginning and at the very end) so you get the non stop 5 hours :D

[@ryanwiseman9141]

I discovered ASMR with Bob Ross and the BBC on NPR overnights, as a kid. I had no idea why, but I loved the calm, clear audio and it’d knock me out in like 20 minutes. Now the circle is complete

[@kalayne6713]

Sometimes I just love the KZbin algorithm.Havent heard this since the 1950s when Australia used to get lots of the BBC on our national radio stations.Will be my sleep meditation tonight...Boomer, Dogger, Viking...love it.

[@sunnyjim1355]

I know this was vital information for our lads out at sea, but it can't be denied that there's also something wonderfully 'zen' about it. Anyway, it's so British.

[@mariner7853]

Peter Barker was the best one, very soothing especially when copying the forecast in a rocking and rolling radio room with a bucket wedged between my knees crashing northwards up the Bay of Biscay.

[@jimreily7538]

Where is the Bay of Biscay

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Jim Reilly You can see it there on the west coast of France.

[@captain.carcrash7207]

@@jimreily7538 look on the map

[@RobertLocksley385]

Well said, Jack.

[@johndoyle486]

When you listen to the Shipping Forecast on Longwave, the magic becomes even more potent.

[@doughoward6401]

You should be an American trying to make sense of all this !!!!

[@Bloxdio_God]

Is that you, John?

[@jillscherb]

What's Longwave? An expanded version of Shortwave?

[@morriganravenchild6613]

A great British institution celebrated here! Wonderful just love it!

[@ninny65]

I hate it

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Agree with Morrigan

[@RobertLocksley385]

@@ninny65 Don't listen to it then.

[@markhpluygers2226]

Oh Oh Oh. How did I stumble upon the BBC Shipping Forecast?? That WAS a long time ago, I believe on Long Wave Radio or something like that. It was ENDLESS when you were 7 years old. It was tagged against the News I remember? 1966 "And now over to the Shipping Forcast!", read by ? We've come a long way since, "This is the voice of the BBC". The Empire, the Strength and Democracy, all wrapped up in the Shipping Forcast. Those brave Sailors, all tuned into the BBC.... Talk about an Empire!. The Radio was the first step into a new world!....................

[@JillKnapp]

Hey OP, thank you for including the map! I'm across the pond and never knew where these areas were. ❤️

[@paultanker5606]

I just found this, took me right back to my childhood in the 50's, I always wondered where the Cromarty, Forties and Dogger were, and now I know , thank you for enlightening me !

[@chxrbo]

Having this play in the background while working is surprisingly relaxing? Thanks youtube recommended for giving me some quality content

[@tommywood2135]

Wow, I’ve been looking for something like this for awhile. Just talking you can hear without having to listen. I thought maybe I could find a numbers station but this is perfect. I’m glad I found it.

[@uslines]

I listened years ago in Paris .... AM broadcast. Later on short-wave. I would love to have this duped with a special effect short-wave ambience. Slight fading...occasional static crashes etc.

[@freename]

ooh yea, the crackle of lightning interference.. that would be fun :)

[@Banapis]

I'll admit it. When this came up as a rec, I was curious because of Fran on Black Books. I had never heard of shipping reports before then. This is unusually relaxing.

[@herzglass]

Same here! And I listened to this in bed and fell asleep to it.

[@seanbateson3398]

Just did a long haul 14 hours on the road. Got another 12 hours before I get to bed. I'll be listening to this before sleep though 😴 Couldn't beat it. Thanks for the upload 😊

[@angeladawn805]

This is one of the few things i miss , not living in the UK anymore. Going to save this one :)

[@freename]

:) where did you move to?