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This is a list of events from British radio in 1950.

Events

6 June – the BBC Light Programme first broadcasts Educating Archie , featuring ventriloquist Peter Brough and his schoolboy dummy Archie Andrews (sic.); the series runs for 10 years and averages 15 million listeners.^[1]
7 June – The Archers pilot episodes debut on BBC radio;^[2] the series will still be running 70 years later, and actress June Spencer, who appears in the opening pilot, will still be appearing up to her 103rd birthday.
5 November – the BBC Light Programme first broadcasts Life with the Lyons , the UK's first sitcom, featuring British-domiciled American couple Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels.
3 December – the BBC Light Programme first broadcasts the magazine and variety programme Calling All Forces featuring Ted Ray; his catchphrase "You should use stronger elastic" originates.^[3]
Gracie Fields' radio show transfers from the BBC to Radio Luxembourg, where it is sponsored by Wisk soap powder.

Debuts

16 January – Listen with Mother , on the BBC Light Programme (1950–1982)^[1]
6 June – Educating Archie , on the BBC Light Programme (1950–1960)
7 June – The Archers , pilot episode (1950–Present)
5 November – Life with the Lyons , on the BBC Light Programme (1950–1961)
3 December – Calling All Forces, on the BBC Light Programme (1950–1952)

Continuing radio programmes

1930s

In Town Tonight (1933–1960)

1940s

Music While You Work (1940–1967)^[4]
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)

Births

2 February – Libby Purves, radio presenter.
12 May – Jenni Murray, journalist, presenter of Woman's Hour
5 June – Jonathan Fryer, foreign correspondent, writer and politician (died 2021)
8 July – Sarah Kennedy, radio presenter

Related Research Articles

The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. It opened on 29 July 1945, taking over the long wave frequency which had earlier been used – prior to the outbreak of the Second World War on 1 September 1939 – by the BBC National Programme.

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References

1 2 Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.
↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
↑ The Nigel Rees Book of Slogans & Catchphrases. London: Unwin. 1984. p. 91. ISBN 0-04-827108-X.
↑ "Music While You Work". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

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[Kynaston-1] 1 2 Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945–1951. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.

[2] Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.

[3] The Nigel Rees Book of Slogans & Catchphrases. London: Unwin. 1984. p. 91. ISBN 0-04-827108-X.

[4] "Music While You Work". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 1 November 2024.

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