1933 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1933.

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Events

• 28 October – Broadcast of the earliest surviving BBC location recording, Night on London’s River: Westminster to the Docks.[1]
• BBC executive Colonel Alan Dawnay begins to meet with the head of MI5, Sir Vernon Kell, to trade information informally on potentially subsersive staff.[2]

Debuts

• 18 November – In Town Tonight debuts on BBC National Programme.[3]

Births

• 16 April – Joan Bakewell, broadcaster
• 12 December – Tony Brandon, presenter

References

1. "Radio actuality recordings – Night on London's River". Sound and History. 1933. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
2. "The vetting files: How the BBC kept out 'subversives'". bbc.co.uk. 2018-04-22. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
3. Radio Times (10 November 1933), In Town Tonight, 41, BBC National Programme, p. 50