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*8 September – [[W. B. Yeats]] makes his first [[BBC]] talk, an introduction to his version of ''[[King Oedipus]]'' broadcast from its Belfast studio.<ref>{{cite journal|work=Yeats Annual|volume=5|pages=195-199|title=W. B. Yeats’s Unpublished Talk on His Version of King Oedipus Broadcast from the BBC Belfast Studio on 8 September 1931|first=Warwick|last=Gould|year=1987|doi=10.1007/978-1-349-06841-8_14}}</ref> |
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*Autumn – The BBC subsumed all its adult education radio broadcasts under the title ''The Changing World'' transmitted in the early evening and lasting around 25 minutes each; presenters will include [[T. S. Eliot]], [[Harold Nicolson]], [[Julian Huxley]] and [[William Beveridge]] who also author accompanying pamphlets.<ref>Jones, Allan (2013). "[http://oro.open.ac.uk/38387/ ''The Changing World'': The BBC’s educational response to the economic crisis of 1931]". In ''History of the Media in Transition Periods'', 4-6 Sep 2013, Catholic University of Portugal/Lisbon, ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association. via Open University.</ref> |
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1931.
Events
- 8 September – W. B. Yeats makes his first BBC talk, an introduction to his version of King Oedipus broadcast from its Belfast studio.[1]
- Autumn – The BBC subsumed all its adult education radio broadcasts under the title The Changing World transmitted in the early evening and lasting around 25 minutes each; presenters will include T. S. Eliot, Harold Nicolson, Julian Huxley and William Beveridge who also author accompanying pamphlets.[2]
Births
- 18 February – Ned Sherrin, broadcaster and entertainer (died 2007)
- 9 December – Ian McIntyre, Scottish journalist and BBC Radio executive (died 2014)
- Patricia Greene, actress
References
- ^ Gould, Warwick (1987). "W. B. Yeats's Unpublished Talk on His Version of King Oedipus Broadcast from the BBC Belfast Studio on 8 September 1931". Yeats Annual. 5: 195–199. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-06841-8_14.
- ^ Jones, Allan (2013). "The Changing World: The BBC’s educational response to the economic crisis of 1931". In History of the Media in Transition Periods, 4-6 Sep 2013, Catholic University of Portugal/Lisbon, ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association. via Open University.