1971 in British radio
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This is a list of events in British radio during 1971.
Events
January
- 3 January – The Open University begins broadcasts on the BBC.
February
- 1 February – Radio-only and combined radio & television licences are abolished.
March
- No events.
April
- No events.
May
- Michael Freedland presents the first edition of “You Don’t Have to be Jewish” on BBC Radio London.
June to December
- No events.
Station debuts
- 26 January – BBC Radio Blackburn
- 25 February – BBC Radio Humberside
- 29 April – BBC Radio Derby
Programme debuts
- 15 February – Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead, BBC Radio 4 (1971–1972)
- 28 February (pilot), 5 December (series) – Parsley Sidings, BBC Radio 2 (1971–1973)
- You Don't Have to Be Jewish, BBC Radio London (1971–1995)
Continuing radio programmes
1940s
- Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
- Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
- Down Your Way (1946–1992)
- Letter from America (1946–2004)
- Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
- A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
1950s
- The Archers (1950–Present)
- The Today Programme (1957–Present)
- The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
- Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
- Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)
1960s
- Farming Today (1960–Present)
- In Touch (1961–Present)
- The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973)
- Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
- The World at One (1965–Present)
- The Official Chart (1967–Present)
- Just a Minute (1967–Present)
- The Living World (1968–Present)
- The Organist Entertains (1969–2018)
1970s
- PM (1970–Present)
- Start the Week (1970–Present)
- Week Ending (1970–1998)
- You and Yours (1970–Present)
Births
- 5 January
- Joanna Gosling, journalist and newsreader
- Jayne Middlemiss, radio and television presenter
- 18 January – Leona Graham, broadcaster and voiceover artist[1]
- 29 January – Clare Balding, BBC Sports presenter, journalist and jockey
- 10 May – Simon Jack, financial journalist
- 23 May – Claudia Hammond, radio presenter
- 27 May – Petroc Trelawny, classical music presenter
- 1 June – Nihal Arthanayake, broadcaster
- 17 August – Bridget Christie, stand-up comedian
Deaths
- 28 May – Ralph Wightman, writer and broadcaster on countryside matters (born 1901)
- 16 June – John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcasting executive (born 1889)
See also
- 1971 in British music
- 1971 in British television
- 1971 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1971