1951 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1951.

List of years in British radio (table)
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Events

  • 1 January – The Archers production series debuts on the BBC Light Programme; it will still be broadcast 70 years later as the world's longest-running radio "soap".[1]
  • 2 July – The English language programmes of Radio Luxembourg move from long wave to the medium wave frequency of 208 metres (1439 kHz).
  • August – Tony Hancock joins the cast of Educating Archie as Archie's tutor (until January 1952).[2]

Debuts

Continuing radio programmes

1930s

1940s

1950s

Births

See also

References

  1. BBC Radio 4: Celebrating 60 Years of The Archers (2011).
  2. "Radio". The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  4. Freeman, John (3 April 2008). "Dan Dare's Holy Grail: Radio Luxembourg's Dan Dare Radio Show". downthetubes.net. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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