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Find sleepy solace with this calming soundtrack

Drift off from the pressures of the day and settle yourself for rest with this calming mix.

Drift off from the pressures of the day and settle yourself for rest with this calming mix of classical and ambient music from BBC Introducing artists and excerpts from Radio 4's Shipping Forecast, paired with peaceful sounds of sleepy farmsteads and bubbling streams.

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

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Tomorrow23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Daniel Baboulene

    The Birds

    • The Birds.

  • Richard Laurence

    Little Sonnet Waltz

    • Little Sonnet Waltz.

  • Joe Hume

    Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

    • Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.

  • Follow the Sun

    House Sit 22

    • House Sit 22.

  • Rachel Leah

    Timanfaya Sea of Stone

    • Timanfaya Sea of Stone.

  • Mello Marston

    Hygge Time

    • Hygge Time.

  • Helkemar

    Fireside

    • Fireside.

  • Christof R Davis

    Nocturne for a tired mind

    • Nocturne for a tired mind.

  • Chris Hope

    Solfeggio

    • Solfeggio.

  • Rhys John Stubbs

    Sirdslietas

    • Sirdslietas.

  • CVDENCE

    Pourpre

    • Pourpre.

  • Alexander J Taylor

    Where Peace Meets Sleep

    • Where Peace Meets Sleep.

  • Rob Colley

    the garden at dusk

    • the garden at dusk.

  • Simon Lowy

    And Still Us Nocturne in A minor

    • And Still Us Nocturne in A minor.

  • James Hawken

    Morpheus and the Son of Honfleur

    • Morpheus and the Son of Honfleur.

  • Louise Spencer

    Sky Lanterns

    • Sky Lanterns.

  • William Thomson

    Into the night

    • Into the night.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 Dec 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tomorrow23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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