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This is a list of events from British radio in 1959.
Events
- The BBC Third Programme becomes available in Wales on VHF from Wenvoe transmitting station.
Programme debuts
- 3 April
- Pick of the Week on the BBC Home Service (1959–Present)
- We're in Business (comedy series starring Peter Jones) on the BBC Home Service (1959–1960)
- 29 April – The Navy Lark on the BBC Light Programme (1959–1977)
- 3 July – Sing Something Simple on the BBC Light Programme (1959–2001)
- 25 November – Your Hundred Best Tunes on the BBC Light Programme (1959–2007)
Endings
- 29 December – Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1959)
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)
- The Goon Show (1951–1960)
- From Our Own Correspondent (1955–Present)
- Pick of the Pops (1955–Present)
- The Clitheroe Kid (1957–1972)
- My Word! (1957–1988)
- Test Match Special (1957–Present)
- The Today Programme (1957–Present)
Births
- 9 January – Andy Kershaw, world music presenter
- 11 April – John Myers, radio executive and presenter (died 2019)
- 22 May – Graham Fellows, comedy performer
- 2 October – Kevin Eldon, comedy actor
Deaths
- 26 January – Larry Stephens, comedy scriptwriter (born 1923)
See also
- 1959 in British music
- 1959 in British television
- 1959 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1959
References
