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316- The Shipping Forecast
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jul 25, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Four times every day, on radios all across the British Isles, a BBC announcer begins reading from a seemingly indecipherable script. "And now the Shipping Forecast issued by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency," says the voice over the wire. "Viking, North Utsire; southwesterly five to seven; occasionally gale eight; rain or showers; moderate or good, occasionally poor." Cryptic and mesmerizing, this is the UK’s nautical weather report.
The Shipping Forecast
The Shipping Forecast
Released:
Jul 25, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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