Drifting off on gentle waves
Find sleepy comfort with this classical and ambient mix from BBC Introducing artists.
Settle down for a comforting night’s sleep with a classical and ambient mix from BBC Introducing artists; paired with excerpts from Radio 4’s Shipping Forecast and relaxing ambience of gentle streams and rain-soaked woodland.
Produced by Alex Yates
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 Unwind
To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast'.
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Joe Sinha Semple
Lost in the Ice
- Lost in the Ice.
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Duskcloud
Fred's Lullaby
- Fred's Lullaby.
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Lewis Bolland
Pivoine
- Pivoine.
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Adam Khan
Lullaby
- Lullaby.
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Andrew Land
iloveitiloveitiloveit
- iloveitiloveitiloveit.
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Ahmed Ahmed
Blessing
- Blessing.
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Elizabeth Bonds
I Remember The Rain
- I Remember The Rain.
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Nadia Ismail
no rush
- no rush.
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Richard Laurence
But Then We Had To Leave
- But Then We Had To Leave.
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Barnaby Taylor
Sacred Canyon
- Sacred Canyon.
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Eleri Morgan
The Most Light
- The Most Light.
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Brian Swaddling
Aber
- Aber.
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Juliet Brown
Winter Hill
- Winter Hill.
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Helen Keeling-Marston
Sun Halo
- Sun Halo.
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Andrew Ostler
On The Way Up
- On The Way Up.
Broadcast
- Mon 3 Aug 202623:30BBC Radio 3 Unwind
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The Sleeping Forecast
A unique journey to dreamland, mixing instrumental music and Radio 4's Shipping Forecast.



