High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecasts sent over the Navtex system use a similar format and the same sea areas. In the 2012 opening ceremony for the Olympic Games in London, the shipping forecast was played in the opening part of the production with Elgar`s `Nimrod` to represent the British Isles. The waters around the British Isles are divided into sea areas, also known as weather areas (see map below) There are four broadcasts per day at the following (UK local) times: