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Charlie Connelly's meteorological journey concludes with snowflakes and a foghorn symphony. Read by Stephen Mangan. From September 2012.

by Charlie Connelly
Read by Stephen Mangan

The final stops on Charlie Connelly's meteorological journey include a young man's obsession with photographing snowflakes and a musical ode to the sea - the foghorn symphony.

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds and on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our island obsession.

He breezes through the lives of meteorological eccentrics, geniuses, rainmakers and cloud-busters and brings vividly to life great weather events from history.
He sheds light on Britain's weirdest wind, the first weather forecast and why people once thought firing cannons at clouds was a great idea.

Having adventured round the shipping forecast areas for his bestselling Attention All Shipping, Connelly is the perfect guide through a mΓ©lange of gales, blizzards, mists, heatwaves and the occasional shower of fish. Bring Me Sunshine answers all your weather questions as well as helping you to distinguish your graupel from your petrichor.

Produced by Joanna Green
A Pier Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 17 Dec 2016 02:15

Broadcasts

  • Fri 14 Sep 2012 09:45
  • Sat 15 Sep 2012 00:30
  • Fri 16 Dec 2016 14:15
  • Sat 17 Dec 2016 02:15

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