For marine weather forecasts, see Marine weather forecasting.
"The Shipping Forecast is a comfort, a given, a sign that maybe, just maybe, everything is alright with the world after all - until the next day dawns, anyway - but that's a few hours of delicious sleep away! Time for the febrile mind to repair itself, rest, chill out, relax and take gentle stock of things.This article is about the BBC radio broadcast. In his book And Now The Shipping Forecast, Jefferson offers this explanation: "There is something in many of us that likes the certainties of life and is averse to change. Peter Jefferson presented the Shipping Forecast on the BBC's airwaves for 40 years. Comedians aplenty have tried their hands at parodies of the forecast. It arises in art it's referenced in TV shows, movies and songs - such as Blur's " This is a Low," and Thomas Dolby's " Windpower," which actually ends with a sample from a broadcast.Ī snippet from the bulletin cropped up in Danny Boyle's widely acclaimed opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. It has inspired poetry by neighboring Ireland's late, great Seamus Heaney and also Britain's Poet Laureate Carol Anne Duffy. This may help explain why the Shipping Forecast has enthused so many artists over the years. There is a natural rhythm to it," she says, "just like the sea."
The BBC's Arlene Fleming is one of the presenters of the forecast: "It is poetry!. Many people compare the forecast with listening to poetry. The idea was eventually abandoned.Įxactly why the Shipping Forecast is held in such affectionate esteem by the British public is a topic of considerable discussion in the U.K.
Listeners brandishing banners demonstrated outside the BBC's London headquarters. A few years back, when someone suggested changing the bulletin's timing by just 12 minutes, there were angry speeches in Parliament and indignant newspaper editorials.
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