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1961 in British radio

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This is a list of events from British radio in 1961.

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Events

  • 30 June - The popular radio comedy programme Hancock's Half Hour is aired for the last time.
  • Unknown - David Davis is appointed head of children's sound broadcasting at the BBC.
  • Unknown - Radio personality Irene Thomas enters and wins the Brain of Britain contest, heralding a forty-year period as a mainstay of radio panel game quiz programmes.

    • Births

  • 1 January - Fiona Phillips, radio and television presenter
  • 3 March - Paul Baskerville, disc jockey
  • 12 May - Charlie Neil, disc jockey and ITV weather presenter
  • 28 June - Mark Goodier, disc jockey
  • 22 July - Carolyn Quinn, journalist and presenter on PM.
  • 25 October - Pat Sharp, radio and television presenter
  • Unknown - Robin Brooks, radio dramatist
  • Unknown - Graham Torrington, disc jockey

    • References

    1961 in British radio Wikipedia
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