The TV station has announced that the broadcaster and writer will voyage around the British Isles to four of the 31 areas mapped out by the shipping forecast in a new series for More4.
The musician turned Church of England priest will discover life by the sea and waterside in Sailing The Shipping Forecast, visiting the Faroe Islands, Lundy, the Thames and the Isle of Wight.
The 64-year-old said: “For years I’ve listened to the shipping forecast with only half an idea of where these exotic-sounding places are.
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“I’m very excited to be a part of this journey around the country and feel privileged to meet just some of the maritime communities of our coasts.”
The four-part series has been commissioned by Channel 4 from Glasgow-based Strawberry Blond TV.
The announcement comes after Coles posted on social media about his visit to Cowes.
He said he was ‘messing about in a massive rib’, before he ‘beheld an armada of yachts racing to the finish line’.