1938 in British radio

none October 2023 October 2023 1938 British radio British television British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1938. Events 3 January – The BBC Empire Service, which began in 1932, transmits its first programme in a foreign language: Arabic. 13 January – The BBC makes a radio broadcast of a matinee performance of the musical Me and My Girl live from the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, following the cancellation of a sporting event.Me and My Girl – the Musical https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb6music/A9632955 h2g2 BBC 2006-03-29 2023-10-22September 2025 medicmedic 30 September – Lieutenant commander Thomas Woodrooffe commentates for BBC radio on Neville Chamberlain's return from signing the Munich Agreement. 25 December – The BBC broadcasts He That Should Come, a nativity play by Dorothy L. Sayers."He That Should Come" https://web.archive.org/web/20230926121601/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5316d081477f4641899483343a5a3318 26 September 2023 , Radio Times, 23 December 1938, p. 40. Debuts 5 January – Band Waggon, BBC (1938–1940) Births 6 February – David Rayvern Allen, radio producer and cricket writer (died 2014) 17 February – Jo Kendall, radio comedy actress (died 2022) 27 June Juliet Ace, Welsh scriptwriter (died 2025) Alan Coren, humourist (died 2007) 6 July – Tony Lewis, Welsh cricketer and sports presenter 3 August – Terry Wogan, Irish-born broadcaster (died 2016) 10 September – "Diddy" David Hamilton, born David Pilditch, broadcaster 28 October – David Dimbleby, broadcaster 1 November – Malcolm Laycock, radio presenter and producer (died 2009) 13 December – Chris Emmett, radio comedy actor References Category:Years in British radio Radio