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Tranquil melodies for a restful night's sleep

Soothing compositions from BBC Introducing, complemented by comforting extracts from The Shipping Forecast on Radio 4.

Produced by Alexa Kruger
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast”

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60 minutes

On radio

Thursday23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Joe Hume

    Contemplation

  • Simon Rackham

    Ace Looks a Diamond (For Dad)

  • Christof R Davis

    A New Year Wish

  • Rob Colley

    In The Clouds

  • Lauren Scott

    For Mattia

    • AVIE.

  • Rhys John Stubbs

    Majas

    • Bigfoot Engineering Ltd.

  • Matt Petherbridge

    In Flux

  • Dan Chapman

    Through Your Eyes

  • Emma Jackson

    Migrating Swallows

    • Andante Piano.

  • James Hawken

    Cleansing Water

  • Nadia Ismail

    Bisous (Orchestral Version)

  • BOHN

    Sunken

  • Archi Enness

    Spring Thaw

  • Joe Sinha Semple

    The Atlas Mountains

  • Sunny Hunny

    come hold the baby (sometimes it rains indoors)

  • Plnk Plnk

    Ghataa

Broadcasts

  • Fri 7 Feb 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 4 Mar 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 4 Jun 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sun 22 Jun 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 19 Aug 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Mon 27 Oct 202523:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thursday23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

Podcast

  • The Sleeping Forecast

    A unique journey to dreamland, mixing instrumental music and Radio 4's Shipping Forecast.