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5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!

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What it is

Five hours of the late-night BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast, uploaded to mark its 150th anniversary. It can be used as sleep audio or to learn the sea areas named in the broadcast.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Offered as a calming, dry, familiar broadcast, fitting for a crowd that enjoys ambient and lofi radio.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Obligatory BBC Shipping Forecast, because it seems right up this crowd's alley”

    Calming shipping forecast broadcast

    ethbr0, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Metal Detectorist Discovers One of England’s Earliest Gold Coins in a Farm Field”

  2. “Maybe try the BBC shipping forecast?”

    Dry shipping forecast using the Beaufort scale

    ilikepi, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “Lofi air traffic control – LAX”

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Topics: bbc radio 4, ambient, sleep audio, weather, british culture

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