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