By William Shakespeare.
Music by Billy Cowie Director David Hunter
Between each act of The Tempest there's music, reports from around Britain's coast, ancient sea poetry made new, and listeners' seaside stories. Including, throughout the evening, live music and sea poetry from Ian McMillan and accordionist Luke Carver Goss , and shanties from Coope Boyes and Simpson.
Britten Dawn (Four Sea Interludes) BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis
Poet and writer Kathleen Jamie sends a dispatch from among 48,065 pairs of breeding gannets. Vauqhan Williams A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) (3rdmvt: The Waves)
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins Fiona Talkington and Cardiff-based poet Peter Finch take a walk around Cardiff Bay.
Grace Williams Sea Sketches (3rd mvt: Channel Sirens) BBC NOW, conductor Grant Llewellyn
Mark Cocker , author of Birds Britannica, climbs to the top of Rum in the Hebrides to listen to the spooky calls of breeding Manx shearwaters.
Ian McMillan and Snake Davis (saxophone/whistle/ flute) walk along the front at Cleethorpes.
Writer Adam Nicolson stands up for naval heroes on the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar.
Ian McMillan offers up a portrait of his sailing father. Lt Commander J McMillan , and looks at his family's nautical past.
10.40 Roger Nichols and Marie Rolf explore Debussy's La Mer , written 100 years ago.
Debussy La Mer (3rd mvt: Dialogue du Vent et delaMer) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Maritime - a new poem by Peter Reading.
A Hyphenated Europe - an essay from poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw.
Sea Bass/Sea Bass - an improvised sea poem from Ian McMillan , Steve Berry (bass) and Paul Clavis (percussion).
Plus music from pianist Ketil Bjornstad and sea songs from Martin Carthy , Björk and Maddy Prior. Email the programme at thesea@bbc.co.uk
Producers Tim Dee , Megan Jones and David Hunter