![]() ![]() The song’s lyrics were inspired by the Shipping Forecast, a weather report that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. “Up the Tyne, Forth, and Cromarty,” sings the lead singer Damon Albarn, “there’s a low in the high Forties.” The song’s litany of playful-sounding place names, including the improbable “Biscay” and “Dogger,” may seem obscure to listeners abroad, but to a British audience, they resonate. ![]() Questionnaire about the BBC’s Shipping Forecast as part of its plans to assess its use.Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), who notes that the excellent website, Atlas Obscura, recently featured The Shipping Forecast: Why a Maritime Forecast Is So Beloved in the United Kingdomįor the penultimate song on their 1994 album Parklife, Blur chose the swirling, meditative epic, “This Is a Low.” The song envisions a five-minute trip around the British Isles as an area of low pressure hits. Members of the public are being asked to complete a “Meanwhile please will you convey my thanks to all those who have taken the trouble to respond to your website?” It will take a while for us to collate all the responses received, many people have sent me direct e-mails, I have over 400 to go through, but your data makes it much easier to analyse. ![]() Radio 4’s Chris Aldridge, said: “It is fabulous, thank you so much. ![]() We had 637 responses, mostly from readers who wanted the forecast to remain, and we sent the data to the BBC. It followed fears that its future was under threat. We ran the questionnaire, launched by the BBC to find out what listeners thought of the forecast, on our website. UPDATE February 19, 2014: Our survey regarding the shipping forecast has now closed.Ī senior announcer with the BBC has thanked YM readers for taking the trouble to comment on the future of the BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast. ![]()
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