1963 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1963.

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Events

January

• 6 January – Alan Freeman takes over as presenter of Pick of the Pops.

February to August

• No events.

September

• 29 September – Don Moss takes over as host of Pick of the Pops.

October

• No events.

November

• 23 November – 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of the British Forces Broadcasting Service.

December

• No events.

Unknown

• Richard Imison is appointed Script Editor for BBC Radio Drama, a position he holds until 1991.

Station debuts

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)

1960s

• Farming Today (1960–Present)
• Easy Beat (1960–1967)
• The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)

Births

• 6 January – Julian Worricker, radio and television journalist
• 14 January – Adjoa Andoh, film, television, stage and radio actress
• 4 April – Graham Norton, actor, comedian, television presenter, columnist and broadcaster
• 20 May – Jenny Funnell, radio and television actress
• June – Philip Middlemiss, radio and television actor
• 7 June – Lesley Douglas, BBC radio executive, Controller of Radio 2 and 6 Music from 2004–2008
• 2 July – Mark Kermode, film critic
• 4 August – Gary King, radio presenter
• 30 October – Wendy Robbins, radio and television presenter and producer
• 3 November – Ian Wright, footballer and radio and television presenter
• 28 November – Armando Iannucci, Scottish broadcast and film writer-producer and presenter
• Unknown
  • Shola Adewusi, stage, screen and radio actress
  • Lynn Bowles, BBC Radio 2 travel presenter
  • Jeremy Rees, radio presenter

Deaths

• 10 March – Lindley Fraser, Scottish-born academic economist and broadcaster (born 1904)
• 18 March – Peter Eckersley, pioneering radio engineer (born 1892)

See also

• 1963 in British music
• 1963 in British television
• 1963 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1963

References