The Shipping Forecast turned 100 years old this week - Alamy It has a lyrical cadence that is strangely comforting, and yet speaks of wilderness and peril. It has been the backing track to our lives, ...

"The Shipping Forecast," presented twice on weekdays on the BBC and thrice on weekends, is 100-years-old this week. It broadcasts weather forecasts for the seas that surround the British Isles. You ...

In May, the BBC announced that, as part of its latest round of cuts, Radio 4’s long-wave service will lose its dedicated programmes next year, and will in time be shut down altogether. Nadine Dorries: ...

The Shipping Forecast was first broadcast on radio in 1924, and Meg Clothier begins her book of the same name – written to ...

Britain is a maritime nation that a century or two ago boasted the world's largest navy. Today, the names of shipping areas in the surrounding... The Shipping Forecast: From Britain's Seas Into Its ...

Gavin And Stacey star Ruth Jones is reprising her role as Vanessa “Nessa” Jenkins to read Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast as the programme celebrates its centenary on the BBC on New Year’s Day. Actors ...

For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations... Opinion: 'The Shipping Forecast' reminds us of the ...

Like ships in the night: The Fighting Temeraire (1838) by J M W Turner - Alamy The Shipping Forecast was first broadcast on radio in 1924, and Meg Clothier begins her book of the same name – written ...

Not open for further replies. If you haven't evern heard it & don't have a clue what I'm talking about. A completely random post, but perhaps because of it's time of day on FM, the Shipping forecast ...