1960 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1960.

Events

• 1 March – Harold Pinter's play A Night Out has its premiere on the BBC Third Programme with a cast including Barry Foster, Pinter and Vivien Merchant.
• 13 July – The Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting is established to consider the future of broadcasting.
• 2 August – Colin Davis makes his conducting début at the BBC Proms, with the London Symphony Orchestra in a programme of Rossini, Britten, Mozart, Berlioz and Schumann.

Programme debuts

• January – Easy Beat on the BBC Light Programme (1960–1967)
• 20 September – Farming Today on BBC Network Three (1960–Present)

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

• Music While You Work (1940–1967)
• Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
• Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
• Family Favourites (1945–1980)
• Down Your Way (1946–1992)
• Have A Go (1946–1967)
• Housewives' Choice (1946–1967)
• Letter from America (1946–2004)
• Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
• Twenty Questions (1947–1976)
• Any Questions? (1948–Present)
• Mrs Dale's Diary (1948–1969)
• Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968)
• A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
• Ray's a Laugh (1949–1961)

1950s

• The Archers (1950–Present)
• Listen with Mother (1950–1982)
• From Our Own Correspondent (1955–Present)
• Pick of the Pops (1955–Present)
• The Clitheroe Kid (1957–1972)
• My Word! (1957–1988)
• Test Match Special (1957–Present)
• The Today Programme (1957–Present)
• The Navy Lark (1959–1977)
• Sing Something Simple (1959–2001)
• Your Hundred Best Tunes (1959–2007)

Ending this year

• 28 January – The Goon Show (1951–1960)
• February – Educating Archie (1950–1960)
• 3 March – Take It from Here (1948–1960)
• 17 September – In Town Tonight (1933–1960)

Births

• February – Lesley Riddoch, Scottish political journalist and broadcaster
• 6 February – Harry Thompson, comedy producer (died 2005)
• 10 March – Anne MacKenzie, Scottish broadcast journalist
• 10 April – Katrina Leskanich, singer and musician, presenter on BBC Radio 2 (1998–2000)
• 8 May – Terry Christian, broadcast presenter
• 13 May – Sheila McClennon, presenter
• 16 May – Bill Dare (Jones), comedy producer (died 2025)
• 2 June – Matthew Biggs, garden designer and gardening broadcaster (died 2026)
• 29 June – Charles Nove, presenter
• 30 July – Pete Tong, disc jockey
• 25 August – Dotun Adebayo, Nigerian-born broadcaster, writer and publisher
• 12 September – Felicity Montagu, comedy actress
• 2 October – Kevin Eldon, actor
• 17 November – Jonathan Ross, broadcast presenter
• Graham Torrington, disc jockey

Deaths

• 7 May – Mai Jones, Welsh songwriter and radio producer (born 1899)
• 16 November – Gilbert Harding, broadcast personality (born 1907) (asthma attack outside Broadcasting House)

See also

• 1960 in British music
• 1960 in British television
• 1960 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1960