Description
Product ID: | 9781785940293 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Shipping Forecast |
Subtitle: | A Miscellany |
Authors: | Author: Nic Compton |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | Radio / podcasts, Radio, Water sports and recreations, Gift books, Water sports & recreations, Gift books |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 broadcasts. The rhythmic lullaby of ‘North Utsire, South Utsire’ has been lulling the nation’s insomniacs to sleep for over 90 years. It has inspired songs, poetry and imaginations across the globe – as well as providing a very real service for the nation’s seafarers who might fall prey to storms and gales. In 1995, a plan to move the late-night broadcast by just 12 minutes caused a national outcry and was ultimately scrapped. |
Imprint Name: | BBC Books |
Publisher Name: | Ebury Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-09-01 |