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A tranquil soundtrack for a good night's rest

Settle in for a night of restful sleep with this soothing soundtrack of BBC Introducing artists, excerpts from Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast, and field recordings.

Settle in for a night of restful sleep with this soothing soundtrack of BBC Introducing artists, excerpts from Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast, and field recordings of sleepy lakesides and farmsteads.

Produced by Alex Yates

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind

To listen on most smart speakers just 'ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast'.

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1 hour

Last on

Wed 26 Nov 202523:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Oliver C. Robinson

    Distant Shore

    • Distant Shore.

  • Ty Karlsson

    Everything You Are

    • Everything You Are.

  • Jim Perkins

    The Afternoon Light

    • The Afternoon Light.

  • Phill Lane

    komorebi

    • komorebi.

  • Neil Foster

    Evening Tide

    • Evening Tide.

  • Alanna Crouch

    it is not lost, if only...

    • it is not lost, if only....

  • Lemos

    A Lovely Memory of You

    • A Lovely Memory of You.

  • James Welland

    Ciaccone (Confession)

    • Ciaccone (Confession).

  • Lucinda Gallant

    Secret Melancholy

    • Secret Melancholy.

  • Samuel R. James

    A Pair of Blue Eyes

    • A Pair of Blue Eyes.

  • WALLA

    Almost Home

    • Almost Home.

  • Roan Kearsey-Lawson

    I See You There

    • I See You There.

  • Roger Shelmerdine

    Elegy for Violin and Piano

    • Elegy for Violin and Piano.

  • Janine Hutton

    Fragrant Rose

    • Fragrant Rose.

  • Iman Aganj

    Solo Thirty-Nine

    • Solo Thirty-Nine.

  • Becky Ainge

    Nocturne

    • Nocturne.

  • Andrew Land

    September

    • September.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 21 Jul 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 27 Sep 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 26 Nov 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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