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Forty winks on the high seas

Find the soundtrack to your sleep and drift off with this classical and ambient mix from BBC Introducing artists.

Find the soundtrack to your sleep with this classical and ambient mix from BBC Introducing artists paired with excerpts of Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast, as well as the calming sounds of rain-soaked woodland and breezy farmsteads.

Produced by Alex Yates

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind

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

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1 hour

Last on

Monday23:30

Music Played

  • Louise Spencer

    Constellations

    • Constellations.
  • Nadia Ismail

    crossed paths

    • crossed paths.
  • Christof R Davis

    Swift Solo Piano

    • Swift Solo Piano.
  • Rhys John Stubbs

    Zvaigznu Puteklis Zems

    • Zvaigznu Puteklis Zems.
  • JAKL

    In Blossom

    • In Blossom.
  • Joe Hume

    Canon In D - Solo Piano Rework

    • Canon In D - Solo Piano Rework.
  • Lewis Bolland

    Reflections

    • Reflections.
  • Andrew Land

    Putting The Pieces Back Together

    • Putting The Pieces Back Together.
  • Angeline Bell

    Sloth Ballet

    • Sloth Ballet.
  • Charly Ponziani

    Aurelia

    • Aurelia.
  • Deirdra Tormey

    Magical Blue

    • Magical Blue.
  • Samyula

    The Calm Within

    • The Calm Within.
  • Tess Savigear

    Morwenna of the Waves

    • Morwenna of the Waves.
  • Kerry Barnes

    Silent Swan

    • Silent Swan.
  • Matthew Peter Gough

    End of the Day

    • End of the Day.
  • Hayley Morton

    Raining on the Inside

    • Raining on the Inside.
  • Ahmed Ahmed

    Soul

    • Soul.
  • Tanyet

    Glass Binding

    • Glass Binding.

Broadcast

  • Monday23:30

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