I heard somebody say that it is the shipping forecast,
Britain is made up of a number of islands and the obsession with the weather is well known,so all forecasts are important but despite all of the modern technology available to mariners the Shipping forecast continues to be broadcast by the BBC on its Radio 4 (news and spoken word programmes) station each evening at 17.54 just before the prime time daily news update at 18h00,
Thus we have many thousands of people tuned in listening to storm warnings for Fisher, Dogger, German Bight and Portland Bill etc whilst driving around city centres or standing cooking their teas, all knowing that this weather forecast is not really for them but that it might allow a ship heading into danger to take appropriate evasive action, And we still listen in awe!
The link is here: Why we love the Shipping Forecast, Radio 4 in Four - BBC Radio 4
By the way if you are a mariner you are expected to have noted down the entire forecast by the time it finishes,
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