1948 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1948.

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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.

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 to September

• No events.

October

• 12 October – Topical debate programme Any Questions? is first broadcast on the West of England Home Service[2] chaired by Freddie Grisewood; originally intended to run for six fortnightly editions only, it will still be on the air weekly more than sixty 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.[3]
• 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.[4][5]

Debuts

• 3 January – Sports Report (1948–Present)
• 5 January – Mrs Dale's Diary (1948–1969)
• 23 March – Take It From Here (1948–1960)
• 12 October – Any Questions? (1948–Present)
• The McCooeys (1948–1955)

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
• 9 June – Nick Clarke, news presenter (died 2006)
• 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

1. "Sports Report at 70: Presenters' memories, royal recognition & THAT theme tune". BBC Sport. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
2. Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.
3. "1940s" (PDF). The BBC Story. BBC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
4. "Take It From Here". British Comedy. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
5. McKay, Mark (2009-02-07). "Radio: Take It From Here". Laughterlog.com. Retrieved 2020-10-27.