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This is a list of events from British radio in 1951.

Events

1 January – The Archers production series debuts on the BBC Light Programme; it will still be broadcast 70 years later as the world's longest-running radio "soap".^[1]
2 July – The English language programmes of Radio Luxembourg move from long wave to the medium wave frequency of 208 metres (1439 kHz).
August – Tony Hancock joins the cast of Educating Archie as Archie's tutor (until January 1952).^[2]

Debuts

28 May – The Goon Show (as Crazy People), on the BBC Home Service (1951–1960)^[3]
2 July – The New Adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future , on Radio Luxembourg (1951–1956)^[4]

Continuing radio programmes

1930s

In Town Tonight (1933–1960)

1940s

Music While You Work (1940–1967)
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

Educating Archie (1950–1960)
Listen with Mother (1950–1982)

Births

2 February – Ken Bruce, Scottish radio presenter
1 March – Mike Read, DJ
13 May – James Whale, radio presenter
14 May – Max Reinhardt, music presenter
24 June – David Rodigan, DJ
9 August – James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio presenter
10 September – Sally Grace, actress
20 September – John Lloyd, comedy producer

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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.

Peter Murray James, OBE, known professionally as Pete Murray, is a British radio and television presenter and actor. He is known for his career with the BBC including stints on the Light Programme, Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 4. In the 1950s, Murray became one of Britain's first pop music television presenters, hosting the rock and roll programme Six-Five Special (1957–1958) and appearing as a regular panellist on Juke Box Jury (1959–1967). He was a recurring presence in the BBC's coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest. Murray returned to broadcasting for a Boom Radio special on Boxing Day 2021, over 70 years after his career began. He returned to the station on Boxing Day 2022 where he presented a two-hour show alongside his friend, David Hamilton.

Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg. It is known in most non-English languages as RTL.

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References

↑ BBC Radio 4: Celebrating 60 Years of The Archers (2011).
↑ "Radio". The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
↑ Freeman, John (3 April 2008). "Dan Dare's Holy Grail: Radio Luxembourg's Dan Dare Radio Show". downthetubes.net. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

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[1] BBC Radio 4: Celebrating 60 Years of The Archers (2011).

[2] "Radio". The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

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

[4] Freeman, John (3 April 2008). "Dan Dare's Holy Grail: Radio Luxembourg's Dan Dare Radio Show". downthetubes.net. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

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