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1950's shipping forecast

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Does anyone have a list of the shipping forecast areas in 1952, please? I've tried to work it out by looking at merges, additions and renaming but not sure if I'm right! Thanks very much! Locoimloco (talk) 15:22, 5 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Fourth forecast reinstated

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

It appears from the Radio 4 schedules that the BBC has gone back to broadcasting four forecasts a day today. The early morning one is still at 0533 (rather than the old time of 0520) but the midday one has reverted to 1201 on long wave only, and the early evening one at 1754 on long wave only has returned. GDBarry (talk) 13:31, 6 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Incorrect link?

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Bill Bailey's Bank currently links to the Rockall Basin. Is this a mistake? 94.174.62.210 (talk) 08:31, 8 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Lost radio skit

Latest comment: 11 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Maybe 30 years ago someone called Nimmo (not Derek) did a skit on Radio 4's Loose Ends (I think). It was called something like The Shipping Forecast Announcer's Birthday. It had lines like "1900. G&T. Good" and "Wife Shannon. Irish, see? Forties, depression expected soon". It should be here under Radio but I've never found any reference to it online. It only seems to exist in my head but I certainly didn't make it up (wish I had). Patrick Neylan (talk) 12:56, 23 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

The Nimmo Twins article says they were doing Loose Ends late 1990s.--Northernhenge (talk) 18:15, 23 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Sleeping Forecast

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The BBC Sleeping Forecast blends excerpts of the Shipping Forecast with classical and ambient music as well as nature field recordings. Mirikaphoto (talk) 13:50, 22 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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