And Now The Shipping Forecast
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And Now The Shipping Forecast

A tide of history around our shores

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

And Now The Shipping Forecast

A tide of history around our shores

About this book

Peter Jefferson presented The Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, and his familiar voice continued to be heard reading quotations on BBC Radio 4's Quote... Unquote. This book is both an affectionate memoir and a history of the science and BBC programming behind the forecast. 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. For reasons not quite understood, it has become a much-loved part of the British cultural landscape with an avid following of listeners who find its poetry is the perfect cure for insomnia. This book is perfect for those fans.

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Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. About the author
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Contents
  8. Chapter 1 - Prologue
  9. Chapter 2 – The genesis of the Shipping Forecast
  10. Chapter 3 – Name changing but not name calling
  11. Chapter 4 – The meteorological office and the Shipping Forecast broadcasts
  12. Chapter 6 – Unexpected outside broadcast
  13. Chapter 7 – Sailing by
  14. Chapter 8 – Sailing by the seat of your pants
  15. Chapter 9 – A tale of shipping area turbulence [Part 1]
  16. Chapter 10 – A tale of shipping area turbulence [Part 2]
  17. Chapter 11 – Shedding some light... on lighthouses
  18. Chapter 12 – Codes, conventions and traditions
  19. Chapter 13 – Time and Greenwich Mean Time
  20. Chapter 14 – A life on the ocean wave
  21. Chapter 15 – A final note
  22. Glossary
  23. Index