1952 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1952.

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Events

• 22 January – First broadcast of The Goon Show under this title. Around the start of the third series at the end of the year, Spike Milligan, the principal writer, suffers a nervous breakdown.
• 26 August – Hit radio series Welsh Rarebit, broadcast from the BBC Cardiff studios, transfers to television.

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

• The Archers (1950–Present)
• Educating Archie (1950–1960)
• Listen with Mother (1950–1982)

Births

• 11 March – Douglas Adams, writer (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (d. 2001))
• 12 March – Chris Needs, Welsh radio host (d. 2020)
• 10 December – Clive Anderson, broadcast presenter, comedy writer and barrister

See also

• 1952 in British music
• 1952 in British television
• 1952 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1952

References