List of years in British radio (table)
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1947.

Events

January

February

March

April

  • 9 April – How Does Your Garden Grow? debuts on BBC radio; as Gardeners' Question Time it will still be running more than 65 years later.[1]

May to September

  • No events.

October

  • 6 October – Philip Odell, a fictional detective created by Lester Powell and played by Canadian actor Robert Beatty, is heard for the first time on BBC radio in Lady in a Fog.
  • 24 October – Francis Poulenc's Sinfonietta receives its world premiere in a broadcast concert from London having been commissioned by the BBC for the first anniversary of their Third Programme.[2]

November

  • 18 November – The BBC links up with stations around the globe in the programme BBC Covers the World.
  • 20 November – The Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II), daughter of George VI marries The Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.[3] The service is broadcast on BBC radio.
  • Gracie Fields hosts Our Gracie's Working Party on BBC radio; in the series, she visits twelve towns (beginning with her native Rochdale), compering and performing in a live show of music and entertainment, with local talents on the bill.

December

  • No events.

Debuts

Programme endings

Continuing radio programmes

1930s

1940s

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "About The Programme". Gardeners' Question Time. BBC. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  2. Morgan, Dan (May 2018). "Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) / Les biches / Les animaux modèles / Sinfonietta". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0..
  4. "Hely-Hutchinson, Victor (26 Dec. 1901–11 March 1947), Director of Music, BBC, since 1944". Who's Who & Who Was Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u226681. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. Norris, Gerald (1981). A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 131. ISBN 9780715378458.
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