• Source: 1950 in British radio

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.
7 June – The Archers pilot episodes debut on BBC radio; 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.
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)
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

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In Town Tonight (1933–1960)




= 1940s

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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)




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




See also


1950 in British music
1950 in British television
1950 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1950




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