麻豆约拍

The shipping forecast on 麻豆约拍 radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Yet recognisable though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. Charlie Connelly sets off on a journey into the forecast to find out.

"There is probably no better place to earn a sense of your own mortality than the headland at Finisterre."

Charlie Connelly travels to a literary island, the Portland Race and the End of the World.

Read by Tom Goodman-Hill

Written by Charlie Connelly

Abridged by Beatrice Colin

Produced by Gaynor MacFarlane

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in 2004.