The Shipping Forecast
Episodes
Bonnet From the Bonnet Supercut
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a bonus episode, please enjoy a compilation of Nicks adventures in the USA*, where he spent 10 days on holiday watching Our Flag Means Death. Thes...
S3E11 - Yakuza Part 1: Kyodai's before Hoe-dai's
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters put on their loudest suits so they can explore the Yakuza franchise. Which is just like a Japanese version of GTA, but ins...
S3E10 - OFMD Part 2: Release the Krak-Fics!
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we round off our discussion of Our Flag Means Death (for now). James takes us to a modern day AU to commit a daring heist with Bonnet's Elev...
S3E9 - OFMD Part 1: You Wouldn't Steal Blackbeard's Heart
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Forecasters abandon their lives on land and try their hand at piracy, while Grace finds another (possibly worse?) way of making money. ...
S3E8 - 2 Star 2 Valley: Tonal Drift
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Forecasters try and hit every single genre of fiction all at once. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll experience fear, you might even get...
S3E7 - Heres to the Stardew Milfs, and the young women who will treat them right
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, ol' McNick tells us about his farm in Stardew Valley, Grace gets nostalgic about her Harvest Moon days, and James is pretty much just along...
S3E6 - LOTR Part 2: One Does Not Simply Peg Into Mordor
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Grace evaluates the benefits of marrying an Elf, Nick throws us a Bilbo shaped curveball, Mike turns us into a serious literature review sh...
S3E5 - LOTR Part 1: They're Taking The Hobbits to Ao3!
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tell me where is Gandalf, for I much desire to speak with him (about the fics we found this week in the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit fandom). Featuring o...
S3E4 - Spider-Man Part 2: Those Men With Goatees Must Be Stopped
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shipping Forecast, Shipping Forecast Does whatever the Shipping Forecast does Read some Fics Chat Some Shit Why does that man have two dicks? Look out...
The Chat Shitting Forecast: Wish Upon a Star
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hi everyone, This week we're sharing an episode of our new bonus show, The Chat Shitting Forecast. This one isn't about fanfiction, we just record ou...
S3E3 - Spider-Man Part 1: Bring me Fan-Fiction of Spider-Man
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Grace tells us about the time she was bitten by a spider. It wasn't radioactive or anything, but it made a pretty big lump. James talks abo...
S3E2 - Supernatural 2: Meet Hot Fire-Breathing Reptiles in YOUR area
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Forecasters conclude their supernatural two-parter in style. Grace meets her new scaley husband in Castiel's Most Precious Jewel. James...
S3E1 - Supernatural 1: The Forecasters go to Turbo Hell
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're back, and for Season 3 The Forecasters complete the SuperWhoLock Trinity by diving head first into the world of Demon Hunting. We also take a lo...
S2E24 - Alec Trevelyan's Half-Orc Paladin (Christmas Special)
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, The Forecasters took the time to revisit some topics they wanted to see more of from the last two years. James searches for a Fix-it fic fo...
S2E23 - Fuck My Ass, Paul Hollywood (a dramatic reading)
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In November, the Forecasters were asked if we wanted to do a dramatic reading of Midgardian Leviosa's award winning romance novel 'Fuck My Ass, Paul H...
Tell us what you like, while we do a Buzzfeed quiz
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone, now the season has wrapped we wanted to ask you what you thought of the show so far. Tell us what you like and what you didn't like. ht...
S2E22 - Pokemon Part 2: Can Sin Exist When God Doesn't Either?
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode of the series, Grace tells us all about Balls and nihilist philosophy in Love Ball, by Lechies. Nick finds a way to finally defea...
S2E21 - Pokemon Part 1: Whos That Pokemon? Its Emmanuel Macron!
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, The forecasters want to be the very best, like no one ever was... Mr Mime Meme mentioned in the show https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/o...
S2E20 - Nicks Bathroom and Other Grizzly Tales
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Forecasters go out into the woods to read each other creepypastas, some of which we made up ourselves. Stories from this episode in no ...
S2E19 - Ace Attorney Part 2: Miles gets his Five a Day, and other stories
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we return to the Ace Attorney fandom for the trial of the century Timestamps: Tawdry Turnabouts (mostly Long, Hard, C____) by Vicky Vicario...
S2E18 - Ace Attorney Part 1: Part Man. Part Cow. All Attorney.
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Objection! This week the forcasters take an about turn and dive head first into the Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney fandom. James also has microphone iss...
Chaos 2: Murder is Wrong
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Its time for another filler episode this week, and this time everyone is tired, ill or moving house this week. The forecasters talk a bit about Britis...
S2E17 - Fallout Part 2: Patrolling the Fandom almost makes you wish for a Nuclear Winter
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, James explores two universes at once in Valentine & Vimes by Aleaiactaest and Slyjinks (apologies for the pronounciations!), while ...
S2E16 - Fallout Part 1: Deathclaw Underboob
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We interrupt our usual podcast to bring you an emergency alert, remain indoors and seek shelter from the Fallout. If you'd like to hear more from us,...
S2E15 - Loki Part 2: How Loki Saved Christmas
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, James attempts to convert Grace into a Frostshield shipper by reading Golden Arrows by Radar_Girl. Nick tells us about the time Loki was vi...
S2E14 - Loki Part 1: Loki and the canon compliant horse romance of his dreams
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters defy the sacred timeline by reading about Lokis lovelife in parallel timelines. The forecasters are also selling out! You ...
Nick's Moth Facts
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Too much of a tangent to go in the full episode, but moths are cute. This phenomena is called Transverse Orientation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr...
Clip Show
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, due to a scheduling cock up we don't have a normal episode this week. Here are some out-takes from some previous episodes that we found fun...
S2E13 - Bake Off Part 2: A Dame To Bake For
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters investigate a muuurder mystery in The Malteser Falcon, watch Draco Malfoy blag his way through baking in Draco Malfoy and ...
S2E12 - Bake Off Part 1: Glaze my doughnuts, Mr Hollywood!
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Forecasters have a look at fics from the Great British Bake Off, and revisit the fic that inspired this whole show in the first place: F...
S2E11 - Resident Evil part 2: Yo Momma's so big that Capcom spent the entire marketing budget on her
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Grace tries to find Lady Dimetrescu a husband she can climb. James relives the songs of his childhood, and Nick gets bound and kidnapped (b...
S2E10 - Big Mommas House 4: Resident Evil
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters visit an undisclosed area of eastern europe and meet the big woman the internet has been obsessed with lately. Meanwhile, G...
S2E9 - Suez Canal Part 2: The Perils of Canal Sex
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, The Forecasters go in depth with three fics about the Ever Given Container Ship: Nick catches a case of The Feels with Their Own Bright Gra...
S2E8 - My Hero Academia Part 2: No Capes, No Cakes, No Questions!
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief stint looking at boats, the forecasters return to our usually scheduled content. Grace takes us back to the trauma of Sex-Ed with Here L...
S2E7 - Suez Canal Part 1: The Shipping Forecast
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we drop all pretences and become a topical news show. If you'd like to get in touch, you can find us on twitter (@theshipforecast), our Tum...
S2E6 - Boku no Hero Captain Tepid!
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters join UA High School where they learn to kick ass and get stuck in public toilets. Apologies to the entire population of Jap...
S2E5 - Hades Part 2: Come for the Doggos, stay for the emotional trauma
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Grace watches a Minotaur dig himself out of an awkward conversation with the Short King by Bobadeluxe, James pulls his Devil Trigger in Zag...
The Tangent Forecast: History of Gloryholes
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Outake from this weeks episode in which we explore the invention and history of the Gloryhole, and Grace learns that her childhood book on Greek mytho...
S2E4 - Hades Part 1: The Bumhole of Charon and other Greek Legends
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters try their best to escape the underworld with the help of the olympian Gods, a three headed good boy, and everyones favourit...
S2E3 - Romance, Bromance, and Turtle Power (Valentines Special)
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we try to go back to our roots and find the fluffiest romance of all! Meanwhile Grace makes a huge mistake... If your enjoying the show or ...
S2E2 - Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Stolen Fish and Chips
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Grace becomes enraptured by the power of Yoga Pants in Murlock and Sturjohn by 2babyturtles, whilst James learns to survive High School in ...
S2E1 - Arthur Conan Doyle's Wild Ride (Sherlock pt1)
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we start the year off with technical difficulties as James forgets to plug the right microphone in, and we inadvertently make a musical epis...
S1E25 - Mr Tweedy's OnlyFans (New Year Special)
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The forecasters end the year off by searching for fanfiction about beloved classics, and somehow that lead to fics about Thatcher too. We'd like to a...
S1E24 - The Morguesman Cometh (Bond part 2)
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters see James Bond become a car in Curse you James Bond, a Satyr in Making Love and Memories and a master baker in GBBO: The Mi...
Outtakes: Homoerotic YouTube videos
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Outtake from the 'films we missed in 2020' that wasn't relevant enough to go into the episode, but was too funny not to share. Nick found this very ho...
S1E23 - Films we missed in 2020
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters wonder who the most popular Bond Girl is. Turns out its Q, and its not even close. We didn't get to go to the cinema this y...
Chaos! With Grace and James
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we find out that Nick is an important dynamic in keeping order on this show, Grace and James go completely off the rails and spend most of ...
S1E22 - Shark Facts, MILFs, and Bad Brooklyn Accents (Zelda Part 2)
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Notes We're back to the three fics in one episode format! This week, Grace tells us about Put an egg in my ass and fuck me so hard you scramble it. Ja...
S1E21 - Well excuuuuse me, Fish Prince (Zelda Part 1)
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters learn just how prolific the 'handsome fish prince' enthusiasts are among the Legend of Zelda fanbase. If you like the show...
S1E20 - Hobbits Versus Emos (Vampires part 2)
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this Halloween special, the boys go head to head to determine who is the best vampire once and for all. Nick is representing Gerard Way as written ...
S1E19 - Elmo is a bitch (Vampires part 1)
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we try and answer a question that has plagued man for centuries: Who IS the best vampire? While James reviews The Good Ship Starfukc by The ...
James Explains the Ending of Voyager
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A tangent from this weeks episode that wasn't relevant enough to go in the show. If you like the show or want to get in touch, feel free to follow us ...
S1E18 - Star Trek
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we explore strange new worlds and critique Seven of Nine's outfit, while Grace encounters an old friend in the form of Cocked Up and Loaded ...
Hetalia Bloopers
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We had a lot of fun trying to record a phone sex sequence last episode from Calling Daddy by playing_with_fire_again, so here are all our outtakes!
S1E17 - Axis Powers Hetalia
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters imagine every country as a handsome anime boy (or girl, but its mostly boys). Disclaimer: any mockery aimed towards France ...
S1E16 - 2 Shipping 2 Forecast
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I was planning to name this episode "F is for Fanfiction", but I think I'll save that title for the Sesame Street episode. Nick wanted to cover Fast a...
S1E15 - Castlevania
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The forecasters try a new format this episode, and learn about one of the most broody, yet glamorous vampires of all. No not Edward. Not DIO. Not even...
S1E14 - Animal Crossovers
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The force of immesurable darkness has arrived in the land of Animal Crossing. Dracula is here too. This week we review Untitled Goose Moves into Untit...
S1E13 - Animal Crossing: Bell Bag Bonanza
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Nick learns that money CAN buy happiness as he reads Does that ring a bell? by quizzletriangle3, and Grace dabbles in ASMR. Examples of Tan...
Tell us what you want!
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This isn't an episode, we just want to know what you think now we've been doing this for six months. Survey link is here, all questions are optional s...
S1E12 - Animal Crossing
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the forecasters learn about one of Grace's favourite games; Animal Crossing. If you like the show or have any other fandoms you'd like us t...
S1E11 - Good Omens: The Cutest Roomba
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Grace finds our most wholesome fic yet, Roomba of Doom by GayDemonicDisaster, while Nick and James unlock a repressed memory from their chi...
S1E10 - Good Omens, Bad Blood
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Nick tries to shake off the Taylor Swift/Good Omens crossover by GreenRoyale. If you like the show or have any other fandoms you'd like us ...
S1E9 - Good Omens: The Car Sex One
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our second deep dive into Good Omens fanfiction, Grace reads paradise by the dashboard lights by O Lord Heal This OAbsalom, our first award winning...
S1E8 - Good Omens Book Club: Dad Bod
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
James reads Dad Bod by an anonymous writer, whilst forgetting to plug in his microphone. Well done James. Wikihow articles mentioned in this episode:...
S1E7 - Good Omens (2019)
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
James, Nick, and Grace take a look at the Good Omens fandom, where they find things that even the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter could n...
S1E6 - Chernobyl Book Club: Space and Goose
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nick reviews between the motions, that trembling tender little sigh by wolfhalls, James learns about tea and teabagging, and Grace re...
S1E5 - Chernobyl Book Club: Love and Coffee
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, James reviews The Sound of Love by Yankeetooter, while Nick explains how a coffee machine can explode in The Great Chernobyl Coffee I...
S1E4 - Chernobyl Book Club: Suspenders and Music
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Grace tells us how she got in with Suspenders by InsanityAbyss (possibly with help from Anatoly Dyatlov?). Whilst James tells the tal...
S1E3 - Chernobyl (1986 and 2019)
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
James, Nick, and Grace delve into the Chernobyl fandom and find a much more wholesome community than the 1986 near-apocalyptic event would imply. Cont...
S1E2 - Doctor Who Book Club
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes The Forecasters discuss In which Amy grows a Penis, Proposal, and The Brown Ascension and decide if any of these were secretly written b...
S1E1 - Doctor Who
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Join Nick, James, and Grace as they look for the best Doctor Who fanfiction. We pick three to review and will return with our thoughts n...