http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8383178.stm
'In a new series, BBC News focuses on aspects of life in
countries and cities around the world. What may seem ordinary and
familiar to the people who live there, can be surprising to those who
don't.
The Shipping Forecast has been running on BBC Radio since
the 1920s - and while its purpose is to tell mariners the sea
conditions, the forecast also has an enduring appeal to land-locked
listeners.
Nick Higham finds out why the Shipping Forecast is
such an important part of the British consciousness - helped by Met
Office forecaster Steve Randall, Devon fisherman Geoff Ingram and Radio 4
announcer Carolyn Brown.'
Here are some notes I took when watching this short documentary,
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