In March 2018 we discussed the origins and history of the Shipping Forecast.  

The Shipping Forecast is produced by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. It was first broadcast on 1 January 1924 as a weather bulletin called Weather Shipping before moving to the BBC a year later.

Here is a link to the BBC special

Best wishes for the New Year from Colin and Phil

We restart on January 8th with a few lines on Coke