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24 March – The Financial World Tonight is broadcast on Radio 4 for the final time, ahead of its move to the new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live. 28 March – At 5am, BBC Radio 5 Live launches. The new 24-hour station replaces the old service's educational and children's programmes with a new rolling news service, whilst retaining the ...
1948 British Grand Prix. 1948 English cricket season. Football: England | Scotland. 1948 in British radio. 1948 in British television. 1948 in British music. Events from the year 1948 in the United Kingdom. The Olympics are held in London and some of the government's key social legislation takes effect.
10 January – British submarine HMS L24 sinks in a collision in the English Channel – 43 dead. 15 January – The world's first original adult radio play, Danger by Richard Hughes, is broadcast by the British Broadcasting Company from its studios in London. 22 January – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister, leading a ...
Events. 1 January – establishment of the National Council for Civil Liberties by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith. [1] 21 January – ten thousand people attend a British Union of Fascists rally in Birmingham, organised by Oswald Mosley. [2] 27 March – the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 is passed.
Atomic Energy Act of 1946 in the United States ends co-operation between the U.K. and U.S. on development of nuclear technology. 6 August. Family allowance introduced, a cash benefit paid to mothers. Free milk ( 1⁄3 pint daily) provided in UK state schools to all pupils under the age of 18.
March 5. March 5 is the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 301 days remain until the end of the year.
8 March – First appearance of Davros in Doctor Who. [11] 25 March – A large National Front rally is held in London, in protest against European integration. [12] 26 March – British Leyland releases their new family saloon, the Morris 18-22 wedge styled by Harris Mann to replace the ageing Austin 1800 Landcrab range.
25 July–9 August – Radio 5 provides full live coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Programmes run all day, from 6:30am until 10pm. This is the first time that BBC Radio has provided full live coverage of the Games. 15 August – Mark Curry takes over the weekend breakfast show.