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Start the year well rested

Fall sound asleep with the help of soothing classical music and The Shipping Forecast.

Fall sound asleep with the help of soothing classical music from BBC Introducing artists, paired with weather reports and forecasts from Radio 4’s The Shipping Forecast and peaceful wintery field recordings.

Produced by Cat Gough
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds

To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast."

Available now

1 hour

On radio

Sunday 23:30
BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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Music Played

  • Liam McCollum

    Birdsong

  • David Braid

    Suspended-Extended

  • The Hillside Project

    The Upfloating Moon

  • Dylan John Sparkes

    Nuances

  • Ollie Jones

    Images

  • Guy Jackson

    Visiting Troldhaugen

  • Stuart MacRae

    Synapse

  • Maddy Chassar-Hesketh

    On Nature Sunlight streams through stained-glass windows of translucent leaves

  • William Thomson

    Reflections

  • Josch Hügel

    Morning Light

  • Greg Ryan

    Afterlight

  • Wilfred Kimber

    My Day

  • Sarah Merricks-Spall

    The Clocks Chime for Auld Lang Syne

  • Becky Ainge

    Sun in the Mist

  • Ieva Dubova

    Haar

  • Dan Chapman

    Solace

  • Tamsin Elliott

    Cygnus

  • Christof R Davis

    Until I Take My Final Breath

Broadcasts

  • Mon 6 Jan 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sat 18 Jan 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Thu 30 Jan 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Wed 16 Apr 2025 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind
  • Sunday 23:30
    BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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