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This is a list of events from British radio in 1948.
Events
January
- 3 January – Sports Report, the world's longest-running sports radio programme,[1] debuts on the BBC Light Programme.
- 5 January – The first episode of Mrs Dale's Diary, the first significant British radio serial drama, is broadcast on the Light Programme.
- 28 January – The Copleston–Russell debate, a debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston on the existence of God, is broadcast by the BBC.
February
- No events.
March
- 23 March – Radio comedy Take It from Here, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and starring Jimmy Edwards, is first broadcast on the Light Programme; this first series is set in a fictitious commercial radio station office.
April
- 21 April – Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 6 is premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult at the Royal Albert Hall in London and broadcast on the Home Service.[2]
May to September
- No events.
October
- 12 October – Topical debate programme Any Questions? is first broadcast on the West of England Home Service[3] chaired by Freddie Grisewood; originally intended to run for six fortnightly editions only, it will still be on the air weekly (on BBC Radio 4 nationally) 75 years later.
November
- No events.
December
- 26 December – The first series of the BBC's annual Reith Lectures, Bertrand Russell on Authority and the Individual, begins broadcasting on the Home Service.[4]
- 28 December – For the second series of Take It from Here, writers Muir and Norden begin to adopt its familiar three-part sketch show format.[5][6]
Undated
- Steuart Wilson becomes head of music at the BBC[7] and Harman Grisewood replaces George Barnes as controller of the BBC Third Programme.
Debuts
- 3 January – Sports Report (BBC Light Programme, 1948–Present)
- 5 January – Mrs Dale's Diary (BBC Light Programme, 1948–1969)
- 23 March – Take It from Here (BBC Light Programme, 1948–1960)
- 1 May – Top of the Form (BBC Light Programme, 1948–1986)
- 12 October – Any Questions? (BBC Home Service, 1948–Present)
- The McCooeys (1948–1955)
Programme endings
- 29 March – Monday Night at Eight (BBC Home Service, 1937–1948)
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)
Births
- 8 March – Gyles Brandreth, writer, broadcaster and politician
- 14 April – Rob Cowan, classical music presenter
- 29 May – Michael Berkeley, composer and classical music broadcaster
- 9 June – Nick Clarke, news presenter (died 2006)
- 18 June – Philip Jackson, actor[8]
- 25 August – Harriett Gilbert, radio arts presenter
- 30 August – Robin Lustig, radio news presenter
- 22 December – Noel Edmonds, broadcast presenter and producer
- Paul Lewis, financial broadcaster
See also
- 1948 in British music
- 1948 in British television
- 1948 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1948
References
- ^ "Sports Report at 70: Presenters' memories, royal recognition & THAT theme tune". BBC Sport. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ Doctor, Jenny (2013). "Vaughan Williams, Boult, and the BBC". In Frogley, Alain; Thomson, Aidan J. (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams. Cambridge University Press. pp. 249–274. doi:10.1017/CCO9781139043243.017.
- ^ Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.
- ^ "1940s" (PDF). The BBC Story. BBC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ "Take It From Here". British Comedy. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ McKay, Mark (7 February 2009). "Radio: Take It From Here". Laughterlog.com. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Kennedy, Michael (1987). Adrian Boult. London: Hamish Hamilton. p. 215. ISBN 0-333-48752-4.
- ^ "Philip Jackson". Aveleyman.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.