1947 in British radio

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This is a list of events from British radio in 1947.

Events

2 January – Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, having started out as a recurring sketch in the wartime comedy-variety show Merry-Go-Round (from 31 March 1944), debuts on the BBC Light Programme, continuing in various formats until 1954.

21 February – Two issues of Radio Times are missed due to the winter 1946–47 fuel shortage greatly exacerbated by severe weather. (BBC television is suspended 10 February–11 March.)

28 February – The UK version of Twenty Questions launches on BBC radio, originally presented by Stewart MacPherson with a panel comprising Richard Dimbleby, Jack Train, Anona Winn and Joy Adamson and with Norman Hackforth as the mystery voice.

9 April – How Does Your Garden Grow? debuts on BBC radio; as Gardeners' Question Time it will still be running more than 65 years later.[1]

6 October – Philip Odell, a fictional detective created by Lester Powell and played by Canadian actor Robert Beatty, is heard for the first time on BBC radio in Lady in a Fog.
24 October – Francis Poulenc's Sinfonietta receives its world premiere in a broadcast concert from London having been commissioned by the BBC for the first anniversary of their Third Programme.[2]

18 November – The BBC links up with stations around the globe in the programme BBC Covers the World.
Gracie Fields hosts Our Gracie's Working Party on BBC radio; in the series, she visits twelve towns (beginning with her native Rochdale), compering and performing in a live show of music and entertainment, with local talents on the bill.

1 March – Mike Read, DJ
28 June – Gerry Northam, radio presenter
10 May – Laurie Macmillan, Scottish-born radio newsreader and continuity announcer (died 2001)
20 May – Greg Dyke, journalist and broadcaster, Director-General of the BBC
5 November – Steve Hodson, actor
Natalie Wheen, arts presenter
Peter White, blind radio presenter

"About The Programme". Gardeners' Question Time. BBC. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
Morgan, Dan (May 2018). "Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) / Les biches / Les animaux modèles / Sinfonietta". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.

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