Drift into sleep
Fall into a deep sleep with help from the Shipping Forecast.
Fall into a deep sleep with help from coastal weather reports from the Shipping Forecast paired with peaceful classical music from BBC Introducing and gentle field recordings of wintry windy weather.
Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds
To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast”
On radio
Music Played
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Iain James Veitch
Secret Life of Stars
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Liam McCollum
Birdsong
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Antonella Madrid
The Hub
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Manuela Glander
The Journey Through a Dense Forest
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Monica Robin
Outro To A Dreamer
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Eleri Morgan
Snowflakes
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Joe Sinha Semple
Iona (remastered version)
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Trevas
Aura Of Tranquility
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Peter Conner
The Imaginarium
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Maddy Chassar-Hesketh
Zero Gravity
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Andrew Lodge
And Then There's Joy
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Joe Hume
Improv 1
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William Thomson
The Lighthouse
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David Braid
Impetuous Lines
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Elliott Jack Sansom
Opening Serenade
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Dylan John Sparkes
Abundance
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KJ Hagan
The Camera Obscura
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Audrey Xinyi
Clouds
Broadcasts
- Mon 3 Feb 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Sat 15 Feb 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Thu 27 Feb 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Wed 28 May 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Sun 15 Jun 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Tue 2 Sep 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Wed 5 Nov 202523:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
- Fri 23 Jan 202623:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Podcast
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The Sleeping Forecast
A unique journey to dreamland, mixing instrumental music and Radio 4's Shipping Forecast.
