This is a list of events from British radio in 1945.

List of years in British radio (table)
In British television
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
In British music
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Events

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January

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  • No events.

February

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  • No events.

March

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  • No events.

April

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  • 15 April – BBC correspondent Richard Dimbleby accompanies the British 11th Armoured Division to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, making one of the first reports from there.[1] His description of what he sees ("the world of a nightmare") is so graphic, the BBC declines to broadcast his dispatch for 4 days, relenting only when he threatens to resign.
  • 30 April – William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") records his final (rambling and audibly drunk) English-language propaganda broadcast for Nazi German radio.[2]

June

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  • 4 June – Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in a broadcast speech during the 1945 United Kingdom general election campaign, claims that a future socialist government "would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo". His eventually successful opponent Clement Attlee responds the next night by ironically thanking the prime minister for demonstrating to people the difference between Churchill the great wartime leader and Churchill the peacetime politician.[7]

July

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August

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September to December

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  • No events.

Unknown

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Station debuts

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Debuts

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Continuing radio programmes

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1930s

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1940s

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 3 February – Guy Byam, war reporter (shot down while flying on an air raid)
  • 18 September – C. H. Middleton, gardening broadcaster (born 1886)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BBC News - In Depth - Audio slideshow: Liberation of Belsen". news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ "The last broadcast of Lord Haw Haw, 1945". EyeWitness to History.com. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Waller, Maureen (2020) [2004]. London 1945. [London]: John Murray. pp. 279, 307. ISBN 978-1-529-33815-7.
  4. ^ Pommerin, Reiner (1996). Culture in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-1995. Berg. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-85973-100-0.
  5. ^ Corera, Gordon (8 May 2020). "VE Day: Last Nazi message intercepted by Bletchley Park revealed". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. ^ Little, Allan (8 May 2020). "VE Day: 'Do not despair, do not yield'". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. ^ Marr, Andrew (2008). A History of Modern Britain. London: Pan Macmillan. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0-330-43983-1.
  8. ^ "Historic Dates". Royal Television Society Wales. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  9. ^ Orchard, Robert (18 October 2015). "Today in Parliament at 70: Britain's 'longest-running soap opera'". BBC News. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Music While You Work". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 1 November 2024.