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"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 ...

The Shipping Forecast provides an “oasis of calm”, Jarvis Cocker said as he marked the 100th anniversary of it being broadcast on the BBC. Produced by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and ...

"What's occurin' on the high seas?" - Ruth Jones created and embodied the role of Nessa Gavin and Stacey character Nessa is one of a raft of famous voices who will recreate old versions of the ...

Biscai, Shannon, Fair Isle... It's 12:48 am on BBC Radio 4, and a velvet voice emerges from the night to intone a long, enigmatic litany. It's the cult Shipping Forecast, the British public ...