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Your soundtrack to a peaceful sleep

Rest easy with Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast set to gentle music from BBC Introducing.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast”

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1 hour

Last on

Tue 6 May 2025 23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Allow yourself to be swept away to a land of sleep

Next

Nod off with Charlotte Ritchie reading A Christmas Carol

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Music Played

  • Greg Kozakiewicz

    Altitude

  • Chris Tolley

    Some Things I Wish I Could Tell You

    • Silent Beat Records.

  • Ben Crosland

    The Stream

    • Blue Spiral Records.

  • Matt Stewart-Evans

    Ethereal

    • 1631 Recordings.

  • Richard Brincklow

    Ben's Heart Sings

  • Tomas Wilhelm

    Time Will Tell

    • Nordic Instrumental Records.

  • Josch Hügel

    Nocturne

  • Simon Rackham

    Lullaby for Nina

  • Mark W. Griffiths

    From The Heart

  • Ollie Jones

    Distance

  • Miran

    Wanderer

  • Richard Laurence

    Written In Her Eyes

  • Kerim Kalyon

    Sonder

  • Matt Javanshir

    Love Loss

  • Jane Barnes

    Cornfields in Summer

  • Christof R Davis

    Outside The Wind Blows...

  • A Slower Tempo

    Elevation

  • Stumbleine

    Spirits at the door

  • Peter Flint

    Stumble Without Falling

  • Louise Spencer

    Through The Other Side

    • Pretty Decent Music.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 20 Dec 2024 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 14 Jan 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Fri 11 Apr 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Tue 6 May 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

Podcast

  • The Sleeping Forecast

    A unique journey to dreamland, mixing instrumental music and Radio 4's Shipping Forecast.