1956 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1956.

List of years in British radio

In television: 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959

In music: 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959

In film: 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959

Events

22 December – The BBC Light Programme begins transmitting from the Wenvoe transmitting station in south Wales on VHF, giving it a wider audience.

Programme debuts

24 April – The Clitheroe Kid is piloted on the BBC North Home Service
June – My Word! is piloted on the BBC Midland Home Service, chaired by John Arlott[1]

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)
Any Questions? (1948–Present)
Mrs Dale's Diary (1948–1969)
Take It from Here (1948–1960)
Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968)
A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
Ray's a Laugh (1949–1961)

1950s

The Archers (1950–Present)
Educating Archie (1950–1960)
Listen with Mother (1950–1982)
The Goon Show (1951–1960)
Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1959)
From Our Own Correspondent (1955–Present)
Pick of the Pops (1955–Present)

Births

6 January – Angus Deayton, actor and television presenter
9 January – Imelda Staunton, actress
21 January – Ian McMillan, poet and broadcaster
14 February – Tom Watt, radio presenter, journalist and actor
1 March – Helen Boaden, broadcasting executive
4 May – Charlotte Green, radio newsreader and announcer
2 June – Susan Rae, Scottish radio newsreader and announcer
2 October – John Pienaar, political journalist
30 October – Juliet Stevenson, actress
8 November – Richard Curtis, scriptwriter
27 November – John McCarthy, journalist
26 December – Simon Fanshawe, writer and broadcaster
29 December – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian

Deaths

20 May – Sir Max Beerbohm, theatre critic, humorist and broadcaster (born 1872)

See also

References

My Word, My Music ~ A Fond Farewell.

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