1963 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1963.

Events

• 6 January – Alan Freeman takes over as presenter of Pick of the Pops.
• 29 September – Don Moss takes over as host of Pick of the Pops.
• 23 November – 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of the British Forces Broadcasting Service.
• Unknown – Richard Imison is appointed Script Editor for BBC Radio Drama, a position he held until 1991.
• Unknown – The British Institution of Radio Engineers publishes the Journal of the British Proceedings of the British Institution of Radio Engineers.

Continuing programmes

Births

• 6 January – Julian Worricker, radio and television journalist
• 4 April – Graham Norton, actor, comedian, television presenter, columnist and broadcaster
• 20 May – Jenny Funnell, radio and television actress
• June – Philip Middlemiss, radio and television actor
• 7 June – Lesley Douglas, former BBC radio executive and Controller of Radio 2 and 6 Music from 2004–2008
• 2 July – Mark Kermode, film critic, appears on radio and television
• 4 August – Gary King, radio presenter
• 30 October – Wendy Robbins, radio and television presenter and producer
• 3 November – Ian Wright, footballer and radio and television presenter
• Unknown – Shola Adewusi, stage, screen and radio actress
• Unknown – Lynn Bowles, BBC Radio 2 travel presenter
• Unknown – Jeremy Rees, radio presenter
• Unknown – Lesley Riddoch, radio broadcaster and journalist

See also

• 1963 in British music
• 1963 in British television
• 1963 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1963