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Settle down with a serene soundtrack

Find comfort and calm with music from BBC Introducing artists and excerpts from Radio 4’s The Shipping Forecast.

Find comfort and calm with this sleepy mix of BBC Introducing artists; excerpts from Radio 4’s The Shipping Forecast and sounds of nature. Giving you the perfect setting to settle down for the night.

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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Wednesday23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Jack Watkins

    Sanctuary Sketch

    • Sanctuary Sketch.

  • Byebyefish

    Reflets nocturnes

    • Reflets nocturnes.

  • Storms Over Oceans

    For the tide

    • For the tide.

  • Tony McGreal

    My Fathers House

    • My Fathers House.

  • Hilgrove Kenrick

    Fragments No5 Abbreviated

    • Fragments No5 Abbreviated.

  • Shawn Nau

    Ghosts of the Rendezvous

    • Ghosts of the Rendezvous.

  • Sophie Bickerdike

    Ouvri

    • Ouvri.

  • CrusaderBeach

    Gemini

    • Gemini.

  • Yujin Baek

    memory lane

    • memory lane.

  • Sacha Hoedemaker

    Auroras Waltz

    • Auroras Waltz.

  • Matthew Coe

    Stranger 5 Thoughtful

    • Stranger 5 Thoughtful.

  • Paul Duffy

    Strength and Serenity

    • Strength and Serenity.

  • James Hawken

    To Counter the Feral

    • To Counter the Feral.

  • New Concepts

    Earth

    • Earth.

  • Giorgio Raffaele

    What I Wish For

    • What I Wish For.

  • Zeynep Sophia

    The Quickening

    • The Quickening.

  • Julia Thomsen

    Amour Piano Version

    • Amour Piano Version.

  • Duskcloud

    Rise

    • Rise.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 15 Sep 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 19 Oct 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wednesday23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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