1967 in British radio

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This is a list of events in British radio during 1967.

Events

January

• No events

February

• 8 February –Radio City (pirate radio station)closes down at midnight,Shivering Sands Army Fort,from where it has been broadcasting, having been found to be within Britishterritorial waters.

March

• Disc jockey John Ravenscroft returns to the UK from California, joins the offshore 'pirate radio' stationWonderful Radio Londonand adopts the nameJohn Peel.

April

• No events

May

• John Peel's after-midnight show on pirate station Radio London becomesThe Perfumed Gardenand, contrary to the station's daytime "Fab 40"playlist,he introduces his eclectic mix offolk,blues,psychedelicandprogressive rockwhich continues until the station is forced off the air in August and Peel moves toBBC Radio 1.
• 20 May –Kenny EverettpreviewsThe Beatles' albumSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandonBBC Light ProgrammeshowWhere It's At,playing almost all the tracks.The BBC refuse to air "A Day in the Life"for alleged" drug references "in the lyrics.
• 30 May –Where It's Atfeatures The Beatles interviews andJohn Lennon's comedy intro to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

June

• No events

July

• No events

August

• 14 August – TheMarine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967is passed, making it an offence to advertise or supply an offshore radio station from the UK. This results in the closure of all of Britain's offshorepirate radiostations with the exception ofRadio Caroline,which moves its supply operation to theNetherlands.

September

• 16 September – SirMalcolm Sargent,having missed most of theBBC Promsseason through ill-health, is replaced as conductor of theLast Night of the PromsbyColin Davis,but appears on stage at the end of the concert.Monica Sinclairis the guest soloist for "Rule, Britannia".Sargent dies 17 days later.
• 17 September – First broadcast ofThe World This Weekendon the BBC Home Service.
• 30 September –BBC Radiocompletely restructures its national programming: theLight Programmeis split between new national pop stationRadio 1(modelled on the successful pirate stationRadio London) andmiddle of the roadRadio 2;the culturalThird Programmewith the Music Programme are rebranded asRadio 3;and the primarily-talkHome ServicebecomesRadio 4.Radio 1 is launched at 7:00 am withTony Blackburn'sDaily Disc Deliveryshow (theme tune:Johnny Dankworth's "Beefeaters" ) and the first track played isThe Move's "Flowers in the Rain".

October

• 1 October – The firstPeel SessionforBBC Radio 1takes place, featuring psychedelic rock bandTomorrow.

November

• 8 November –BBC Local Radiostarts. The first station isBBC Radio Leicester.

December

• 22 December – Panel gameJust a Minuteis first aired on Radio 4 withNicholas Parsonsas chairman (initially as a temporary stand-in); Parsons continues to chair the show until shortly before his death in 2020.

Unknown

• University Radio Yorkobtains a testing and development licence as "Radio Heslington"; it becomes theUnited Kingdom's second student radio station, and also the country's first independent radio station.

Station debuts

• 30 September
  • BBC Radio 1
  • BBC Radio 2
  • BBC Radio 3
  • BBC Radio 4
• 8 November –BBC Radio Leicester
• 15 November –BBC Radio Sheffield
• 22 November –BBC Radio Merseyside
• Unknown –University Radio York

Programme debuts

• May –The Perfumed GardenonRadio London(1967)
• 1 October –The Official ChartonBBC Radio 2(1967–Present)
• 22 December –Just a MinuteonBBC Radio 4(1967–Present)

Changes of network affiliation

Shows	Moved from	Moved to
A Book at Bedtime	BBC Light Programme	BBC Radio 4

Continuing radio programmes

1940s

• Sunday Half Hour(1940–2018)
• Desert Island Discs(1942–Present)
• Family Favourites(1945–1980)
• Down Your Way(1946–1992)
• Letter from America(1946–2004)
• Woman's Hour(1946–Present)
• Twenty Questions(1947–1976)
• Any Questions?(1948–Present)
• The Dales(1948–1969)
• Billy Cotton Band Show(1949–1968)
• A Book at Bedtime(1949–Present)

1950s

• The Archers(1950–Present)
• Listen with Mother(1950–1982)
• From Our Own Correspondent(1955–Present)
• Pick of the Pops(1955–Present)
• The Clitheroe Kid(1957–1972)
• My Word!(1957–1988)
• Test Match Special(1957–Present)
• The Today Programme(1957–Present)
• The Navy Lark(1959–1977)
• Sing Something Simple(1959–2001)
• Your Hundred Best Tunes(1959–2007)

1960s

• Farming Today(1960–Present)
• In Touch(1961–Present)
• The Men from the Ministry(1962–1977)
• I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again(1964–1973)
• Petticoat Line(1965–1979)
• Round the Horne(1965–1968)
• The World at One(1965–Present)

Ending this year

• 10 January –Have A Go(1946–1967)
• August –The Perfumed Garden(1967)
• September –Easy Beat(1960–1967)
• 29 September –Housewives' Choice(1946–1967)
• 29 September –Music While You Work(1940–1967)

Closing this year

• 8 February –Radio City(1964–1967)
• 14 August
  • Wonderful Radio London(1964–1967)
  • Radio 270(1966–1967)
  • Radio Scotland(1965–1967)
• 30 September
  • BBC Home Service(1939–1967)
  • BBC Light Programme(1945–1967)
  • BBC Third Programme(1946–1967)

Births

• 7 January –Mark Lamarr,comedian and radio and television presenter
• 2 February –Tushar Makwana,radio presenter (died2004)
• 25 February –Jonathan Freedland,journalist
• 1 March –Jackie Brambles,English television and radio presenter
• 25 April –Tim Davie,Director-General of the BBC
• 12 July –Richard Herring,comedian
• 27 November –Rosie Cavaliero,Brazilian-born actress
• Unknown
  • Jamie Owen,Welshradio and television presenter
  • Ritula Shah,radio presenter

Deaths

• 1 June –Derek McCulloch,children's radio presenter (born 1897)
• December –Douglas Ritchie,radio news editor and wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1905)

See also

• 1967 in British music
• 1967 in British television
• 1967 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1967