Alan Bennett reads The Shipping Forecast

A classic clip from the Today programme when Monty Python star, Michael Palin was guest editor for the day. One of Palin's editorial requests was to invite Alan Bennett to read The Shipping Forecast. What a treat!

You can hear more shipping forecast delights on Radio 4's Shipping Songs, Thursday 23 April at 11:30am

First broadcast on Today, 20 December 2013.