1968 in British radio

none October 2023 1968 British radio British television British music This is a list of events in British radio during 1968. Events 4 February – BBC Radio Nottingham broadcasts the UK's first ever radio phone-in, What Are They Up To Now, hosted by Tony Church.https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/28/we-need-to-talk-why-britain-loves-radio-phone-ins We need to talk: why Britain loves radio phone-ins theguardian.com 28 January 2018 18 July – The BBC Proms season opens for the first time on a Friday evening, with a tribute to the late Sir Malcolm Sargent. 21 August – Protests are heard at tonight's BBC Proms concert by the USSR Symphony Orchestra against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.1968 Proms Your Classical 2022-11-12 https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2019/08/21/1968-proms Station debuts 31 January – BBC Radio Nottingham 14 February – BBC Radio Brighton 14 March – BBC Radio Stoke 24 June – BBC Radio Leeds 3 July – BBC Radio Durham Programme debuts Undated – The Living World on BBC Radio 4 (1968–Present) 14 January – Brain of Britain (as an independent programme) on BBC Radio 2 (1968–Present) October – Helo Sut Dach Chi? presented by Hywel Gwynfryn on BBC Wales, the first Welsh-language pop radio programme 11 October – Follow This Space on BBC Radio 4 (1968–1969)Andy Walmsley That Was the Week – Part 1 Random radio jottings https://andywalmsley.blogspot.com/2015/03/that-was-week-part-1.html 2015-03-17 2023-12-24 Continuing radio programmes 1940s Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018) Desert Island Discs (1942–Present) Family Favourites (1945–1980) Down Your Way (1946–1992) Letter from America (1946–2004) Woman's Hour (1946–Present) Twenty Questions (1947–1976) Any Questions? (1948–Present) The Dales (1948–1969) A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present) 1950s The Archers (1950–Present) Listen with Mother (1950–1982) From Our Own Correspondent (1955–Present) Pick of the Pops (1955–Present) The Clitheroe Kid (1957–1972) My Word! (1957–1988) Test Match Special (1957–Present) The Today Programme (1957–Present) The Navy Lark (1959–1977) Sing Something Simple (1959–2001) Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007) 1960s Farming Today (1960–Present) In Touch (1961–Present) The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977) I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973) Petticoat Line (1965–1979) The World at One (1965–Present) The Official Chart (1967–Present) Just a Minute (1967–Present) Ending this year 9 June – Round the Horne (1965–1968) 11 June – The Embassy Lark (1966–1968) July – Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968) Births 15 January – Alex Lowe, actor, comedian and voice artist 5 April – Stewart Lee, comedy writer-performer 16 May – Stephen Mangan, actor and presenter 2 June – John Culshaw, comic actor and impressionist 15 June – Samira Ahmed, arts journalist and broadcaster 20 July – Julian Rhind-Tutt, actor 2 October – Victoria Derbyshire, presenter 18 October – Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian and presenter Sonita Alleyne, media production company executive and college principal Chris Neill, comedy producer and performer Gary O'Donoghue, broadcast journalist Approximate date – Kit Green, comedy writer-performer Deaths 10 February – Mary O'Farrell, actress (born 1892) 24 June – Tony Hancock, comedian, suicide, in Australia (born 1924) 2 August – Beresford Clark, overseas broadcasting executive (born 1902) See also 1968 in British music 1968 in British television 1968 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1968 References Radio British Radio, 1968 In Category:Years in British radio