1961 in British radio
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1961.
Events
- 30 June - The popular radio comedy programme Hancock's Half Hour is aired for the last time.
- Unknown - David Davis is appointed head of children's sound broadcasting at the BBC.
- Unknown - Radio personality Irene Thomas enters and wins the Brain of Britain contest, heralding a forty-year period as a mainstay of radio panel game quiz programmes.
Births
- 1 January - Fiona Phillips, radio and television presenter
- 3 March - Paul Baskerville, disc jockey
- 12 May - Charlie Neil, disc jockey and ITV weather presenter
- 28 June - Mark Goodier, disc jockey
- 22 July - Carolyn Quinn, journalist and presenter on PM.
- 25 October - Pat Sharp, radio and television presenter
- Unknown - Robin Brooks, radio dramatist
- Unknown - Graham Torrington, disc jockey
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