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This is a list of events from British radio in 1959.

Contents

• Events
• Programme debuts
• Continuing radio programmes
• 1930s
• 1940s
• 1950s
• Ending this year
• Births
• Deaths
• See also
• References

Events

• The BBC Third Programme becomes available in Wales on VHF from Wenvoe transmitting station.

Programme debuts

• 3 April
  • Pick of the Week on the BBC Home Service (1959–Present)
  • We're in Business (comedy series starring Peter Jones) on the BBC Home Service (1959–1960)
• 29 April – The Navy Lark on the BBC Light Programme (1959–1977)
• 3 July – Sing Something Simple on the BBC Light Programme (1959–2001)
• 25 November – Your Hundred Best Tunes on the BBC Light Programme (1959–2007)

Continuing radio programmes

Ending this year

• 29 December – Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1959)

Births

• 9 January – Andy Kershaw, world music presenter
• 11 April – John Myers, radio executive and presenter (died 2019)
• 22 May – Graham Fellows, comedy performer
• 2 October – Kevin Eldon, comedy actor

Deaths

• 26 January – Larry Stephens, comedy scriptwriter (born 1923)
• 6 April – Collin Brooks, journalist and broadcaster (born 1893)

See also

• 1959 in British music
• 1959 in British television
• 1959 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1959

References