Gavin and Stacey actress Ruth Jones has become the latest celebrity voice to read BBC Radio 4’s shipping forecast.
Jones – who read the forecast in character as Nessa – was one of the famous voices who recreated old versions of the forecast on BBC Radio 4 to celebrate 100 years of the weather report.
Actors Adrian Dunbar and Sir Stephen Fry are among the many famous people who have read shipping forecasts over the years. Both actors reflect on what the program means to them.
Shipping forecasts are produced by the Met Office Maritime and Coast Guard Agency. It was first broadcast on 1 January 1924 as a weather bulletin called Weathershipping before transferring to the BBC a year later.