1950 in British radio
Events
- 6 June – the BBC Light Programme first broadcasts Educating Archie, featuring ventriloquist Peter Brough and his schoolboy doll Archie Andrews (sic.); the series runs for 10 years and averages 15 million listeners.[1]
- 7 June – The Archers pilot episodes debut on BBC radio;[2] the series will still be running 70 years later, and actress June Spencer, who appears in the opening pilot, will still be appearing up to her 103rd birthday.
- 5 November – the BBC Light Programme first broadcasts Life with the Lyons, the UK's first sitcom, featuring British-domiciled American couple Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels.
Debuts
- 16 January – Listen with Mother, on the BBC Light Programme (1950–1982)[1]
- 6 June – Educating Archie, on the BBC Light Programme (1950–1960)
- 7 June – The Archers, pilot episode (1950–Present)
- 5 November – Life with the Lyons, on the BBC Light Programme (1950–1961)
Continuing radio programmes
1930s
- In Town Tonight (1933–1960)
1940s
- Music While You Work (1940–1967)
- Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
- Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
- Family Favourites (1945–1980)
- Down Your Way (1946–1992)
- Have A Go (1946–1967)
- Housewives' Choice (1946–1967)
- Letter from America (1946–2004)
- Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
- Twenty Questions (1947–1976)
- Any Questions? (1948–Present)
- Mrs Dale's Diary (1948–1969)
- Take It from Here (1948–1960)
- Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968)
- A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
- Ray's a Laugh (1949–1961)
Births
- 2 February – Libby Purves, radio presenter.
- 12 May – Jenni Murray, journalist, presenter of Woman's Hour
- 5 June – Jonathan Fryer, foreign correspondent, writer and politician (died 2021)
- 8 July – Sarah Kennedy, radio presenter
See also
References
- Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.
- Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
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