5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!
Why Hacker News recommends it
Offered as a calming, dry, familiar broadcast, fitting for a crowd that enjoys ambient and lofi radio.
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.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2021 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends ethbr0 · 2022-01 · on “Metal Detectorist Discovers One of England’s Earliest Gold Coins in a Farm Field”
> equivalent of having a nice cuppa on a cool, late summer's morning, while looking out the window at the long, brown grass swaying gently in the breeze Obligatory BBC Shipping Forecast, because it seems right up this crowd's alley: [this video] Recent: [LINK]
Recommends ilikepi · 2023-04 · on “Lofi air traffic control – LAX”
Maybe try the BBC shipping forecast? [this video] I find the use of the Beaufort scale ( [LINK] ) gives it a particularly dry flavor...
Cites Veen · 2021-08 · on “The Education of Melvyn Bragg”
That's funny, although it's missing the one of the best bits about Radio 4: the Shipping Forecast. For some reason, I find the late (0040) and early morning (0520) shipping forcasts immensely familiar and comforting. It's been a part of my life since I was a small child getting up very early for school when I had no idea what Dogger, Forties, Cromarty and Rockall meant. [this video]