1958 in British radio explained

This is a list of events from British radio in 1958.

Events

29 March – The first averaged BBC Top 20 chart is broadcast on Pick of the Pops.
1 April – BBC Radiophonic Workshop created.
22 April – "Sunday Afternoon at Home", one of the most famous episodes of the radio comedy series Hancock's Half Hour, is broadcast on the BBC Light Programme for the first time.
28 August – Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 4 is performed at the BBC Proms, the first complete Bruckner symphony to be played in the concert series since 1903.
29 September – The BBC Light Programme's broadcasting hours are extended once again, now going on air 30 minutes earlier, at 6:30 a.m.

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)
Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1959)
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

29 January – Linda Smith, comedian (died 2006)
12 February – Michael Fenton Stevens, comedy actor
3 May – Sandi Toksvig, Danish-born British comedy performer
14 May – Jan Ravens, actress and impressionist
29 June – Mark Radcliffe, radio broadcaster
30 July – Liz Kershaw, presenter
21 September – Simon Mayo, presenter
11 December – Pete Mitchell, presenter (died 2020)
Shaun Prendergast, actor

See also