But there's something wonderfully soothing about 'Fisher, Rockall, German Bight' and 'precipitation within sight', all delivered in clipped, BBC English :-)***


There really is. I grew up just about as far away from the sea as you can get in England, yet me and my Nannan always listened to the Shipping Forecast. If I hear it now, I'm immediately five years old, sitting in my grandparents' living room.

Bit like Mrs. Pepperpot!