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Today the Met Office marks 150 uninterrupted years of the shipping forecast, believed to be the longest running continuous forecast in the world.

Alice Arnold read the shipping forecast on the 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 for nearly 20 years. She tells Mishal Husain: "The first time you do a shipping forecast it is terrifying, there is so much weight put up on it... timing is incredibly important, you have three minutes, literally."

Captain Robert Pedre is the Commanding Officer of HMS Ocean. He says the information provided by the shipping forecast is very succinct and accurate for each area and is very useful in a challenging environment like the sea.

(Image: Old ship; Credit: Getty Images)