My birth day radio listings

[kalypso_v]

People have been linking to a site giving entries from historical issues of the Radio Times, so that you can find out what was on the day you were born.

All the reports I've seen so far concentrated on what was on television when they were born, but as I'm addicted to Radio Four I naturally turned to its predecessor, the Home ServiceThis started

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[snowgrouse]

Blimey, I had no idea the last episode of The Androids of Tara was on when I was born! I always thought Destiny of the Daleks was my birth story. Would they have repeated previous seasons before new ones aired back then, do you know??

[jhall1]

Going by my fallible memory, I think that the answer is "no". Hopefully Kalypso will concur.

[jhall1]

Thanks for the link. I was fascinated by some of the programmes that were broadcast on my own birthday in 1948. Brian Johnston, as well as appearing on the Home Service on "In Town Tonight", could be found on TV:

15.00: TELEVISION GARDEN PARTY

Weather permitting, you can meet well-known personalities from television, radio, films, and the stage at a gala television garden party. The stars are bringing their children and there will be straight-forward races for children and some more complicated ones for grown-ups, as well as several side-shows
The Morris Motors Band is conducted by G. V. Rooks and Brian Johnston guides viewers at home

On the Home Service, Children's Hour featured Another adventure of Norman and Henry Bones, the boy detectives, by Anthony C. Wilson with Norman Bones played by Charles Hawtrey and Henry Bones by Patricia Hayes

[vjezkova]

This is awesome!!!
And i looked at the archives, the programmes are reflections of a period, fascinating!