Shipping Forecast

Discover the secrets of the iconic forecast for the seas around the British Isles.

Murray Lachlan Young performs The People's Shipping Forecast on National Poetry Day.

The Fishing Forecast as sent in by Feedback listener Anne Anderton, 26 Oct 2012.

Guest editor Michael Palin asked the playwright to read the forecast.

Alice Arnold presents the satirical programme Listen Against from 7 September 2010.

Listener, Dinah Shore offers an eggs-tra special version of The Shipping Forecast.

The tail-end of Hurricane Bertha means gale warnings almost everywhere on 10 August 2014.

The Now Show reveal who blows hot or cold and who's a constant drizzle

The LW forecast automatically cut in at perfect pitch, discussed on Today 7 Jan 2011.

Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes present the satirical look back over the past week of radio.

Fulfilling a listener's wish to hear the forecast read from the top of the lighthouse.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott reads the forecast for Comic Relief, 2011.