The Sleeping Forecast With Jarvis Cocker

THE SLEEPING FORECAST WITH JARVIS COCKER 27.10.25 (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th October 2025

Join Jarvis Cocker for a special edition of the Sleeping Forecast as he guides you on a restful journey through his own selection of 'sleepy' music paired with excerpts of the Shipping Forecast as read by Jarvis himself and calming sounds of the sea.

On this exclusive 2-hour edition, Jarvis' picks span the classical, electronic, meditative and spiritual with music from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Eliane Radigue, Brian Eno and Ennio Morricone. So settle down and drift away on this unique and restful journey.

Produced by Alex Yates

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 6 Music

To listen on most smart speakers just ask BBC Sounds to play The Sleeping Forecast.

Loren Mazzacane Connors - An Air
Ekkehard Ehlers - Play John Cassavetes 2
Popol Vuh - Gemeinsam aßen sie das Brot
Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Last Emperor Theme
Thomas Newman - American Beauty [DreamWorks]
Kate Bush - Among Angels [ANTI‐]
J.D. Emmanuel - Focusing Within [AGUIRRE]
Tony Scott - Sanzen (Moment Of Truth)
Thomas de Hartmann - Vol. III, Hymns, Prayers, and Rituals, 2nd Series_ XIV. Meditation [G-H]
Brian Eno - Fickle Sun (ii) The Hour Is Thin [Warp]
Arvo Pärt - The Beatitudes
Bruno Nicolai - Sky-Scrapers
Antonina Nowacka - I Found You In The Cloud
Éliane Radigue - Elimination Of Desires
Ennio Morricone - Invenzione per John
BBC Sound Archives - Seawash - Quiet seawash, gentle close perspective waves on shingle
Thomas Bangalter - Mythologies I. Premiers Mouvements [Warner Classics]
Bertrand Chamayou - All Sides Of The Small Stone (for Erik Satie) [Erato]
Harold Budd - The White Arcades
Highland Park Sleep Collective & The Park - Benny's Dream
Jack Nitzsche - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Closing)
Barbara Hannigan & Reinbert de Leeuw - 3 Melodies No. 2, Les fleurs
Alice Coltrane - Ganesha [Warner Bros.]
Atom™ - Winterreise [Raster]