1956 in British radio

none October 2023 1956 British radio British television British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1956. Events January to March No events. April 22 April – The Shipping Forecast is broadcast on long wave for the first time.Last long wave only Shipping Forecast It had previously aired on medium wave. May Charles Hill, the former 'Radio Doctor' now Postmaster General with government responsibility for broadcasting, attempts to formalise the existing 'fourteen-day rule' agreement by which discussions or statements about matters before Parliament cannot be broadcast in the fortnight preceding any debate. June c. June – The first British-made all-transistor radio is produced, by Pye, marketed as the Pam Model 710.Jonathan Hill Old Radio Sets Princes Risborough Shire Publications 1993 0-7478-0219-X Shire Album 295 26 July No events. August 17 August – Bacchanale by Jacques Ibert, a commission by the BBC to mark the tenth anniversary of the Third Programme, is performed at The Proms with the composer in the audience. September No events. October 29 October–7 November – Suez Crisis. The British government pressures the BBC to support the warGoodwin Peter 2005 Low Conspiracy? — Government interference in the BBC Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture 2 1 96–118 10.16997/wpcc.10 1744-6708 free and seriously considers taking over the network.Fairhall John 2011-06-30 Drama sparks Suez Crisis memories http://www.edp24.co.uk/norfolk-life/drama_sparks_suez_crisis_memories_1_949446 https://web.archive.org/web/20141102190920/http://www.edp24.co.uk/norfolk-life/drama_sparks_suez_crisis_memories_1_949446 2014-11-02 2015-02-21 Eastern Daily Press Charles Hill also criticises the BBC's coverage but accepts that the 'fourteen-day rule' is unworkable and it is completely suspended by the year's end. November No events. December 12 December – The Irish Republican Army launches its Border Campaign in Northern IrelandHanley Brian Miller Scott The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party Dublin Penguin Ireland 2009 14 with the bombing of a BBC relay transmitter in County Londonderry. 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 ArlottMy Word, My Music ~ A Fond Farewell. 17 August – Floggit's featuring Elsie and Doris Waters opens on the BBC Light Programme (1956–1959), including Ronnie Barker's radio debut 8 October – The Spice of Life on the BBC Home Service (1956–1957)Anthony Slide Just a Regular Bloke: the Ted Ray Story BearManor 2023 9798887711072 Movie-Go-Round on the BBC Light Programme (1956–1969) 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) 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 6 June – Vaughan Savidge, radio newsreader and announcer 7 July – Jonathan Kydd, actor 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 1956 in British music 1956 in British television 1956 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1956 References Category:Years in British radio Radio