Many thanks to @realmarkfahey who shares this tribute to the Shipping Forecast via Twitter:
For anyone who's ever fallen under the hypnotic spell of The Shipping Forecast, a short tribute to its charm: http://t.co/BtGzby8fRE #R4in4
— BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) April 24, 2015
If the embedded tweet above does not appear, click this link to listen via the web.
If you want to read, heard and even watch more about the “Shipping Song” which used the arcane shipping forecast broadcast as the template then surf over to here..
http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2015/04/new-to-bbc-radio-4-lisa-knapp-shipping-songs/
The full 30 minute BBC radio program that includes discussion of the shipping forcast song can be found here…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r401h
Cheers,
Mark