Shipping Forecast Wight, Portland and Plymouth respectively Pas de Calais, Antifer, Casquets and Ouessant. In the forecast, areas are named in a roughly clockwise direction, strictly following the order above. However, a forecast for Trafalgar is found only in the 0048 forecast – other forecasts do, however, report when there are warnings of gales in Trafalgar. The coastal weather stations named in the Shipping Forecast (and numbered on the map) are: The Shipping Forecast includes a "general situation" update for the British Isles, followed by a forecast for inshore waters of the United Kingdom, divided by area. These areas are: The forecast,
Shipping Forecast party early, explaining that they must get back to listen to the Shipping Forecast. Paul asks why, seeing as they have never owned a boat. Howard explains, "Well, it takes us nicely into the news." Mentioned briefly in the film "Kes" (see "Art and Literature" section above). A recording of part of the forecast is played over the opening and closing credits of Rick Stein's 2000 TV series "Rick Stein's Seafood Lover's Guide". In an episode of the Channel 4 television series "Black Books", the character Fran Katzenjammer listens to the shipping forecast because a friend from her college is