The Shipping Forecast Brian Perkins BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4's Brian Perkins reads Les Barker's version of 'The Shipping Forecast' from Guide Cats for the Blind; a series of five CD's released to help raise funds for 'The British Computer Association of the Blind. www.bcab.org.uk
More at www.pattynanmedia.com/452/515.html
If you are a fan of the 'Shipping Forecast' check out Charlie Connelly's excellent book 'Attention All Shipping.' www.charlieconnelly.com + BBC Site www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/shipping/ + Cecilia McDowall's choral work, 'Shipping Forecast' www.ceciliamcdowall.co.uk + Les barkers site at www.mrsackroyd.com/

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Les Barker
• Brian Perkins
• BCAB
• BBC Radio 4
• Guide Cats for the Blind
• Shipping Forecast
• Pat Tynan Media
• Sailing By
• Weather
• Sea
• Boats
• Coastguard
• Lifeboats
• RNLI
• Malin
• Ocean
• Viking
• North Utsire
• South Utsire
• Lundy
• German Bight
• Rockall
• Ronald Binge
• Charlie Connelly
• Cecilia McDowall
• yt:quality=high

[pattynan]

And the funds raised from the sale of the CD's go to the British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB)

[forsk4u]

Gosh, if you are British and you listened to this you would know how much fun this is!

[suerule20]

Brilliant - brilliant - brilliant. Like all Les Barker's stuff. Tell the world!

[ginahams2010]

Hahahahahah....

[AlisonLBK]

This made me chuckle out loud! Big fan of the proper one, but this is great fun!

[forsk4u]

@ urrcal. How true. But the original is still better. Where we wonder where these places are!

[forsk4u]

@urrcal u are so right!

[urracal]

@forsk4u Love this rendition. Yes ! most of us know it and probably could recite many a line from it. Thank you again for posting .

[radiolizard]

Wonderful... or should that be winderful? Dix points.

[sotizz]

Tears For Fears - Pharaohs!

[barryfarrimond]

Fantastic!!! "winds south west becoming cyclonic, bloody marvellous" , "Norway, nil point" Ha!!! ♡

[cherrygate]

Really great version of the shipping forecast read by Brian Perkins.