1960 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1960.

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Events

• 13 July – The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting is established to consider the future of broadcasting.
• 20 September – Farming Today begins on Network Three.

Programme debuts

• January – Easy Beat on the BBC Light Programme (1960–1967)
• September – Farming Today on the BBC Third Programme (1960–Present)

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

• Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
• Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
• Down Your Way (1946–1992)
• Letter from America (1946–2004)
• Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
• A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)

1950s

• The Archers (1950–Present)
• The Today Programme (1957–Present)
• The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
• Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
• Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)

Station debuts

Births

• 3 January – Liz Kershaw, presenter
• February – Lesley Riddoch, Scottish political journalist and broadcaster
• 6 February – Harry Thompson, comedy producer (died 2005)
• 10 March – Anne MacKenzie, Scottish broadcast journalist
• 10 April – Katrina Leskanich, singer and musician, presenter on BBC Radio 2 (1998–2000)
• 13 May – Sheila McClennon, presenter
• 30 July – Pete Tong, DJ
• 25 August – Dotun Adebayo, Nigerian-born broadcaster, writer and publisher
• 17 November – Jonathan Ross, broadcast presenter

Deaths

• 16 November – Gilbert Harding, broadcast personality (born 1907) (asthma attack outside Broadcasting House)

See also

• 1960 in British music
• 1960 in British television
• 1960 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1960

References