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Peaceful sleep awaits on the high seas

Drift off to a peaceful sleep with a calming classical soundtrack.

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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Tuesday23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Vegso

    Through the Seasons

    • Through the Seasons.

  • Oliver C. Robinson

    Raindrops

    • Raindrops.

  • Kyle Preston

    Submersion Symmetry

    • Submersion Symmetry.

  • Paul Duffy

    Mirror Lake

    • Mirror Lake.

  • ImanAganj

    Solo Forty-One

    • Solo Forty-One.

  • Alexander Chapman Campbell

    Green And Growing

    • Green And Growing.

  • Robert Sword

    Goldmunds Last Journey

    • Goldmunds Last Journey.

  • Tiny Leaves

    The Sweetness of the Morning

    • The Sweetness of the Morning.

  • Simon Rackham

    Three Parts in Nine

    • Three Parts in Nine.

  • Byebyefish

    A lombre des cerisiers

    • A lombre des cerisiers.

  • Rachel Leah

    Sleeping Swans

    • Sleeping Swans.

  • Andrew Land

    The Truth is a Powerful Thing

    • The Truth is a Powerful Thing.

  • Annabel Bennett

    Troubled Times

    • TROUBLED TIMES.

  • Tamas Szigyarto

    Amber

    • Amber.

  • Eleri Morgan

    The Looking Glass

    • The Looking Glass.

  • Storms Over Oceans

    autumno amoris

    • autumno amoris.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 18 Aug 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 24 Oct 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tuesday23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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