Image: Corrie Corfield
Yesterday, I took note of the following Twitter message and image (above) from Corrie Corfield, who is a Newsreader/Announcer for BBC Radio 4:
I’ve been reading the Ships on @BBCRadio4 for nearly 30 years & this is the first time I’ve had a TROPICAL storm. Becoming EXTRA tropical to boot ?#BraceYourselfForErnesto
I’ve been reading the Ships on @BBCRadio4 for nearly 30 years & this is the first time I’ve had a TROPICAL storm. Becoming EXTRA tropical to boot ?#BraceYourselfForErnesto pic.twitter.com/bbO7LPeEh9
— Corrie Corfield (@corrie_corfield) August 18, 2018
To listen to episodes of the shipping forecast via Radio 4 online, click here.
(Oddly, the one she notes seems to be missing!)
For an off-air recording of the late-night “Ships” edition, go to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive:
https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/bbc-radio-4-the-shipping-forecast-september-29-2015
What do you mean “he”? A portion of the transcript was posted by the BBC reader in her twitter posting.
How does he receive the transcript? Has he got it via email?
They do have a portion of it on iPlayer, but it did start late due to Test Cricket coverage, so it cut off right after “Tropical Storm Ernesto”.
From around 2:30 here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bg9q2y#play