1963 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1963.

List of years in British radio (table)
In television
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966

Events
  • 6 January – Alan Freeman takes over as presenter of Pick of the Pops; he remains with the programme until the BBC ceases to broadcast it in 1972, and then with revivals.
  • 19 February – Actress Ellis Powell is dismissed from the leading role of Mrs Dale in the BBC Light Programme drama The Dales, which she has played since the first episode in 1948, and it is given to former musical actress Jessie Matthews; Powell dies 3 months later aged 57.[1]
  • 29 September–December – Don Moss joins Alan Freeman to host Pick of the Pops.
  • 23 November – 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of the British Forces Broadcasting Service.
  • Richard Imison is appointed Script Editor for BBC Radio Drama, a position he holds until 1991.

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

1950s

1960s

Births
  • 6 January – Julian Worricker, radio and television journalist
  • 14 January – Adjoa Andoh, film, television, stage and radio actress
  • 4 April – Graham Norton, actor, comedian, television presenter, columnist and broadcaster
  • 20 May – Jenny Funnell, radio and television actress
  • June – Philip Middlemiss, radio and television actor
  • 7 June – Lesley Douglas, BBC radio executive, Controller of Radio 2 and 6 Music from 2004–2008
  • 2 July – Mark Kermode, film critic
  • 30 October – Wendy Robbins, radio and television presenter and producer
  • 3 November – Ian Wright, footballer and radio and television presenter
  • 28 November – Armando Iannucci, Scottish broadcast and film writer-producer and presenter
  • Unknown

Deaths
  • 10 March – Lindley Fraser, Scottish-born academic economist and broadcaster (born 1904)
  • 18 March – Peter Eckersley, pioneering radio engineer (born 1892)

See also

References
  1. Thornton, Michael (1975). Jessie Matthews: A Biography. London: Hart-Davis MacGibbon. ISBN 0246108010.
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