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Sail off to a restful sleep

Settle down and drift off with calming classical and ambient music from BBC Introducing artists and the soothing tones of the Shipping Forecast.

Settle down and drift off with a calming mix of classical and ambient music from BBC Introducing artists and the soothing tones of Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast - paired with relaxing ambience of forest streams and rainy woodland for a restful night’s sleep.

Produced by Alex Yates

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind

To listen on most smart speakers, just 'ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast'.

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1 hour

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Last Monday23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Charlie Clough

    Arthurs Song

    • Arthurs Song.

  • Dylan John Sparkes

    A Symphony Of Light

    • A Symphony Of Light.

  • Louise Spencer

    Flower Duet

    • Flower Duet.

  • Tom Gimson

    Open

    • Open.

  • Steven Poole

    Crépusculaire

    • Crépusculaire.

  • The Hillside Project

    To Sleep

    • To Sleep.

  • Matt Petherbridge

    Indice

    • Indice.

  • Mark W. Griffiths

    Even So...

    • Even So....

  • ImanAganj

    Solo Twenty-Four

    • Solo Twenty-Four.

  • Eleri Morgan

    Ebb and Flow

    • Ebb and Flow.

  • Fiona Rutherford

    Deep Sleep

    • Deep Sleep.

  • Elizabeth Bonds

    Distant Fields

    • Distant Fields.

  • Anthony E White

    Touch

    • Touch.

  • Geo Chandler

    Crossing Dreams

    • Crossing Dreams.

  • CrusaderBeach

    Luminous

    • Luminous.

  • Michael J Richards

    Ephemeron

    • Ephemeron.

  • Simon Rackham

    After The Storm For Paola

    • After The Storm For Paola.

  • Nadia Ismail

    somewhere we never went

    • somewhere we never went.

  • Master of the Subway Ninjas

    Garden John

    • Garden John.

Broadcast

  • Last Monday23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

Podcast

  • The Sleeping Forecast

    A unique journey to dreamland, mixing instrumental music and Radio 4's Shipping Forecast.