In 2018, university lecturer Toby Carr set out to kayak all 31 areas of the BBC Shipping Forecast seas. But he sadly died from a life-limiting genetic condition before he was able to achieve his goal.

The Shipping Forecast was first broadcast on radio in ... FitzRoy, the largest of the 31 areas covered by the forecast, is named after the forecast’s founder Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy, whom ...

Charlie Connelly sets out to explore the sea areas flagged in the Shipping Forecast, from North Utsire to South East Iceland. From 2004. Show more The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4 is as ...

Last year, the reading of the Shipping Forecast was decreased from four times ... divides the waters around the British Isles into 31 areas, starting at Viking, to the north between Scotland ...

The world’s longest running continuous weather forecast, the Shipping Forecast offers specialist forecasts for 31 sea areas covering the waters around the British Isles. New low expected Biscay ...

Gavin and Stacey character Nessa is one of a raft of famous voices who will recreate old versions of the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4 on New Year's Day to celebrate 100 years of the weather ...

Sea areas around the British Isles with mysterious ... Bands like Radiohead, Blur and The Prodigy have also been stirred by the shipping forecast in their songs and a 2016 book of the same name ...