1958 in British radio

none October 2023 1958 British radio British television British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1958. Events 29 March – The first averaged BBC Top 20 chart is broadcast on Pick of the Pops. 1 April – BBC Radiophonic Workshop created. 22 April – "Sunday Afternoon at Home", one of the most famous episodes of the radio comedy series Hancock's Half Hour, is broadcast on the BBC Light Programme for the first time. 2 July – The first radio ballad, The Ballad of John Axon, created by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger and Charles Parker, is broadcast on the BBC Home Service.The Ballad of John Axon https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2e37b31d89784036adfbeb9ef7e64695 https://web.archive.org/web/20170428161727/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2e37b31d89784036adfbeb9ef7e64695 dead 2017-04-28 BBC Programme Index 1958-07-02 BBC 2026-08-01 Wayback Machine 28 August – Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 4 is performed at the BBC Proms, the first complete Bruckner symphony to be played in the concert series since 1903. 29 September – The BBC Light Programme's broadcasting hours are extended once again, now going on air 30 minutes earlier, at 6:30 a.m. Programme debuts 17 July – The Flying Doctor on the BBC Light Programme (1958–1963)https://www.newspapers.com/image/868118418/?terms=%22bill%20kerr%22%20%22flying%20doctor%22&match=3 Flying doctor at action stations Evening Sentinel 23 July 1958 5 Continuing radio programmes 1930s In Town Tonight (1933–1960) 1940s Music While You Work (1940–1967)Music While You Work https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/june/music-while-you-work/ www.bbc.com 1 November 2024 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) The Clitheroe Kid (1957–1972) My Word! (1957–1988) Test Match Special (1957–Present) The Today Programme (1957–Present) Births 29 January – Linda Smith, comedian (died 2006) 12 February – Michael Fenton Stevens, comedy actor 22 February – Gordon Kennedy, Scottish actor and director 3 May – Sandi Toksvig, Danish-born British comedy performer 14 May – Jan Ravens, actress and impressionist 29 June – Mark Radcliffe, radio broadcaster 30 July – Liz Kershaw, presenter 21 September Simon Mayo, presenter Penny Smith, presenter 7 October – Emily Buchanan, radio & tv journalist 5 December – Shaun Prendergast, actor 11 December – Pete Mitchell, presenter (died 2020) See also 1958 in British music 1958 in British television 1958 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1958 O'Gorman References Category:Years in British radio Radio