1938 in British radio
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1938.
Events
- 3 January â The BBC Empire Service, begun in 1932, transmits its first programme in a foreign language: Arabic.
- 13 January â The BBC makes a radio broadcast of a matinee performance of the musical Me and My Girl live from the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, following cancellation of a sporting event.[1]
- 30 September â Lieutenant commander Thomas Woodrooffe commentates for BBC radio on Neville Chamberlain's return from signing the Munich Agreement.
- 25 December â The BBC broadcasts He That Should Come, a nativity play by Dorothy L. Sayers.[2]
Debuts
- 5 January â Band Waggon, BBC (1938â1940)
Births
- 6 February â David Rayvern Allen, radio producer and cricket writer (died 2014)
- 17 February â Jo Kendall, radio comedy actress (died 2022)
- 27 June
- Juliet Ace, Welsh scriptwriter (died 2025)
- Alan Coren, humourist (died 2007)
- 6 July â Tony Lewis, Welsh cricketer and sports presenter
- 3 August â Terry Wogan, Irish-born broadcaster (died 2016)
- 10 September â "Diddy" David Hamilton, born David Pilditch, broadcaster
- 28 October â David Dimbleby, broadcaster
- 1 November â Malcolm Laycock, radio presenter and producer (died 2009)
- 13 December â Chris Emmett, radio comedy actor