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The Shipping Forecast begins as a series of telegraph messages sent to harbour towns around the United Kingdom to warn of impending storms. From 1924 it will be broadcast daily on BBC radio. The forecast will inspire many musicians, including Tears For Fears (Pharaohs), Thomas Dolby (Windpower), Radiohead, Blur, Beck, The Prodigy, Jethro Tull and Manfred Mann, to incorporate audio samples of the forecast or lyrics based on the forecast into their songs.