1947 in British radio

none October 2023 1947 British radio British television British music This is a list of events from British radio in 1947. Events January 2 January – Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, starring Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch, having started out as a recurring sketch in the wartime comedy-variety show Merry-Go-Round (from 31 March 1944), debuts on the BBC Light Programme, continuing in various formats until 1954. February 21 February – Two issues of Radio Times are missed due to the winter 1946–47 fuel shortage greatly exacerbated by severe weather. (BBC television is suspended 10 February–11 March.) March 28 February – The UK version of Twenty Questions is launched on BBC radio, originally presented by Stewart MacPherson with a panel comprising Richard Dimbleby, Jack Train, Anona Winn and Joy Adamson and with Norman Hackforth as the mystery voice. April 9 April – How Does Your Garden Grow? debuts on BBC radio; as Gardeners' Question Time it will still be running more than 65 years later.About The Programme Gardeners' Question Time http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/gardeners-question-time/about-gqt/ BBC 2011-03-30 May 30 May – The BBC Light Programme broadcasts a special evening of programmes in honour of the eightieth birthday of Queen Mary, including the premiere of Agatha Christie's play Three Blind Mice,Radio Times 25–31 May 1947. later adapted as a television play, short story and the stage play The Mousetrap. June to September No events. October 6 October – Philip Odell, a fictional detective created by Lester Powell and played by Canadian actor Robert Beatty, is heard for the first time on BBC radio in Lady in a Fog. 24 October – Francis Poulenc's Sinfonietta receives its world premiere in a broadcast concert from London having been commissioned by the BBC for the first anniversary of their Third Programme.Morgan Dan http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2018/May/Poulenc_biches_8573739.htm Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) / Les biches / Les animaux modèles / Sinfonietta musicweb-international.com May 2018 2020-09-26 November 18 November – The BBC links up with stations around the globe in the programme BBC Covers the World. 20 November – The Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II), daughter of George VI, marries The Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 2006 0-14-102715-0. The service is broadcast on BBC radio. Gracie Fields hosts Our Gracie's Working Party on BBC radio; in the series, she visits twelve towns (beginning with her native Rochdale), compering and performing in a live show of music and entertainment, with local talents on the bill. December No events. Debuts 28 February – Twenty Questions on the BBC Home Service (1947–1976) 9 April – How Does Your Garden Grow? on the BBC Home Service (North Region) (1947–Present) 27 October – PC 49 on the BBC Light Programme (1947–1953) 2 November – Round Britain Quiz on the BBC Light Programme (1947–Present) Programme endings 26 December – The Happidrome (1941–1947) 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) Births 1 March – Mike Read, DJ 28 March – Peter Hennessy, constitutional historian and broadcaster 29 April – Susie Mathis, pop singer and radio presenter 28 June – Gerry Northam, radio presenter 10 May – Laurie Macmillan, Scottish-born radio newsreader and continuity announcer (died 2001) 20 May – Greg Dyke, journalist and broadcaster, Director-General of the BBC 15 September – Mike Sweeney, DJ 20 September – Jeremy Nicholas, writer, actor and broadcast presenter 5 November – Steve Hodson, actor 20 November – Marilyn Imrie, Scottish theatre and radio drama director and producer (died 2020) Alistair Beaton, Scottish-born satirist, scriptwriter and radio presenter Natalie Wheen, arts presenter Peter White, blind radio presenter Deaths 11 March – Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer and conductor, BBC Director of Music (born 1901)Hely-Hutchinson, Victor (26 Dec. 1901–11 March 1947), Director of Music, BBC, since 1944 https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-226681 2021-06-12 Who's Who & Who Was Who 2007 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u226681 978-0-19-954089-1 24 July – Ernest Austin, composer, arranger and songwriter associated with the Proms (born 1874)Gerald Norris A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland David & Charles Newton Abbot 9780715378458 1981 131 See also 1947 in British music 1947 in British television 1947 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1947 References Category:Years in British radio Radio