<p>Peter Jefferson presented The Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, and his familiar voice continues to be heard reading quotations on BBC Radio 4''s <em>Quote... Unquote</em>. This book is both an affectionate memoir and a history of the science and BBC programming behind the forecast.</p><p>Peter explains how it came out, who collects all the information and what it''s like to read this bulletin. Even though the information in the forecast is now readily available in many formats, The Shipping Forecast is something of a ''must listen'' for fans gathered over the decades.</p><p>For reasons not quite understood, it has become a much-loved part of the British cultural landscape with an avid following of listerners find its poetry is the perfect cure for insomnia. This book is perfect for those fans.</p>
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From the places themselves - how they got their names, what's happened there through the ages - to the poems and parodies that it's inspired, this is a beautifully evocative tribute to one of Britain's - and Radio 4's - best-loved...
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The Shipping Forecast, originally published in 1996, is Mark Power's illustration of the UK's Shipping Forecast, broadcast four times a day on BBC Radio 4. Beyond its useful and (at times life-saving)use to mariners it is also listened to by...
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It's almost like a puzzle to be solved... The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book tests your general knowledge and lateral thinking through a series of fiendish puzzles, in which all the answers can be found on a map as place names on the coasts or in...
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