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This is a list of events from
British
radio in 1954.
Events
25 January – First broadcast of
Dylan Thomas
's radio play
Under Milk Wood
, two months after its author's death, with
Richard Burton
as 'First Voice', on the
BBC Third Programme
.
18 September – The
Last Night of the Proms
for the first time features the subsequently almost-invariable second-half coupling of Sir
Henry Wood
's 1905
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
, Sir
Edward Elgar
's 1902 setting of "
Land of Hope and Glory
", Sir
Hubert Parry
's 1916 setting of
William Blake
's "
Jerusalem
", and "
Rule, Britannia!
".
[1]
BBC Light Programme
Saturday morning music request programme
Children's Favourites
, presented by
Derek McCulloch
("Uncle Mac"), replaces
Children's Choice
.
Programme debuts
2 November –
Hancock's Half Hour
on BBC radio
[2]
(1954–1959 on radio)
Antony Hopkins
Talking About Music
on the
BBC Third Programme
(1954–1992)
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
(1949–1960)
1950s
The Archers
(1950–Present)
Educating Archie
(1950–1960)
Listen with Mother
(1950–1982)
The Goon Show
(1951–1961)
Births
28 May –
Andy Hamilton
, comedy scriptwriter and performer
8 July –
Mark Tavener
, scriptwriter (d.
2007
)
26 August –
Steve Wright
, DJ (d.
2024
)
27 August –
Andrew Marshall
, comedy scriptwriter
27 November –
Arthur Smith
, comedian and radio presenter
1 December –
Alan Dedicoat
, newsreader and broadcast announcer
David Miles
, newsreader and broadcast announcer
See also
1954 in British music
1954 in British television
1954 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1954
References
^
Cannadine, David
(2008). "The 'Last Night of the Proms' in historical perspective".
Historical Research
.
31
(212): 315–349.
doi
:
10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00466.x
.
^
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
978-0-14-102715-9
.
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