Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Videos

   • 

     0:45

     youtube.com

     Stephen Fry reads the Shipping Forecast

     29 May 2010

     148.1K views

   • 

     4:05

     youtube.com

     Five Day Weather Forecast - Studio C

     17 Jun 2013

     12M views

   • 

     5:20

     youtube.com

     When BBC weather forecast goes wrong: Bloopers & funny incidents

     21 Dec 2014

     2.7M views

   View all

2. www.youtube.com › watchThe (Spoof) Shipping Forecast by Les Barker - YouTube

   www.youtube.com › watch

   • Cached

   A spoof shipping forecast from a Charity CD, Guide Cats for the Blind with many contributing celebs of the time. The original forecast was read by Brian Perk...

   • Video Duration: 3 min
   • Views: 4.1K

   • Author: Rarelesserspotted of East Yorkshire

3. www.openculture.com › 2014 › 06Stephen Fry Reads the Legendary British Shipping Forecast

   www.openculture.com › 2014 › 06

   • Cached

   If you live in Eng­land, you’re prob­a­bly famil­iar with the Ship­ping Fore­cast, a night­ly BBC radio broad­cast that details the weath­er con­di­tions for the seas sur­round­ing Britain. The broad­cast has been on the air­waves since 1911.

4. www.youtube.com › watch'The Shipping Forecast' Read by Brian Perkins - YouTube

   www.youtube.com › watch

   • Cached

   95-minute compilation of Shipping forecast on BBC Radio 4. BBC Radio 4's Brian Perkins reads Les Barker's version of 'The Shipping Forecast' -uploaded in HD at http://www.TunesToTube.com.

   • Video Duration: 2 min
   • Views: 25.1K

   • Author: zonedancer76

5. www.countrylife.co.uk › out-and-about › theatre-film150 years of the Shipping Forecast: - Country Life

   www.countrylife.co.uk › out-and-about › theatre-film

   • Cached

   Aug 24, 2017 · Writer Charlie Connelly found Shipping Forecast names so mysterious – ‘Dogger, Fisher, what are they?’ – that he visited all 31 sites, by sea and land, for an acclaimed and humorous book, Attention All Shipping.

6. www.youtube.com › watchStephen Fry reads the Shipping Forecast - YouTube

   www.youtube.com › watch

   • Cached

   May 29, 2010 · Stephen Fry reads the Shipping Forecast. From episode one of the 1988 BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Night Fry. To hear this in its original, very strange, very funny context, see • Saturday ...

   • Video Duration: 45 sec
   • Views: 148.1K

   • Author: Fredorrarci

7. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › p05xlslcBBC Radio 4 - Funny in Four, The slang shipping forecast

   www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › p05xlslc

   Jan 8, 2018 · Angela Barnes imagines how the shipping forecast would sound with slang words used. First broadcast on Newsjack, 8 January 2018 on Radio 4 Extra.

8. People also ask

   Did Stephen Fry parody the Shipping Forecast?

   • All of this gives you just enough context to appreciate Stephen Fry’s parody reading of the Shipping Forecast. It was recorded in 1988, for the first episode of his radio show Saturday Night Fry. (Full episode here.) You can read along with the transcript, while listening to the clip up top:

   Stephen Fry Reads the Legendary British Shipping Forecast

   www.openculture.com/2014/06/stephen-fry-reads-the-legendary-british-shipping-forecast.html

   See all results for this question

   Who narrated the Shipping Forecast on 99 percent invisible?

   • "Many people find the words and the tone and the pace quite mesmerizing in a way," Peter Jefferson told 99 Percent Invisible. Jefferson was one of the iconic hosts who narrated the shipping forecast for decades, starting in the 1960s.

   Let shipping forecast compilations lull you to sleep | Mashable

   mashable.com/article/shipping-forecast-compilations-sleep

   See all results for this question

   Why is Reddit celebrating meteorological predictions?

   • Reddit has found a way to celebrate them. The forecast was one of the first publicized meteorological predictions. Admiral Robert FitzRoy, the head of the United Kingdom's Meteorological Office, had been studying the relationship between air pressure and storms in the mid-1800s.

   Let shipping forecast compilations lull you to sleep | Mashable

   mashable.com/article/shipping-forecast-compilations-sleep

   See all results for this question

   When was the Shipping Forecast first broadcast?

   • The Shipping Forecast was first broadcast 150 years ago, on August 24 1867. It has been saving seafarers' lives and (since moving from the telegraph to the BBC in 1924) entrancing radio listeners for generations. Kate Green and Tim Richardson investigate its peculiarly romantic poetry and magic.

   150 years of the Shipping Forecast: - Country Life

   www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/theatre-film-music/150-years-of-the-shipping-forecast-164334

   See all results for this question

   Why was the meteorological forecast important?

   • The forecast was one of the first publicized meteorological predictions. Admiral Robert FitzRoy, the head of the United Kingdom's Meteorological Office, had been studying the relationship between air pressure and storms in the mid-1800s. When 450 people died in a shipwreck in 1859, FitzRoy pushed for a warning service for sea travel.

   Let shipping forecast compilations lull you to sleep | Mashable

   mashable.com/article/shipping-forecast-compilations-sleep

   See all results for this question

   How did Fitzroy get the weather forecast?

   • Beginning in February 1861, FitzRoy would send the daily forecast to harbors around the UK via telegraph. Then, people would hoist flags to signal weather changes to incoming ships. His forecasts were later distributed in newspapers before they were broadcasted four times a day on the BBC in 1922.

   Let shipping forecast compilations lull you to sleep | Mashable

   mashable.com/article/shipping-forecast-compilations-sleep

   See all results for this question

9. mashable.com › article › shipping-forecastLet shipping forecast compilations lull you to sleep - Mashable

   mashable.com › article › shipping-forecast

   • Cached

   Fellow shipping forecast announcer Chris Aldridge believes people find it so calming because they're so far removed from it.