- Events
- Station debuts
- Programme debuts
- Continuing programmes 1940s 1950s 1960s
- Ending this year
- Births
- See also
- References
{{Year nav topic5|1968|British radio|British television|British music|British film}}This is a list of events in British radio during 1968. Events- 4 February – BBC Radio Nottingham hosts the UK's first ever radio phone-in.[1]
Station debuts- 31 January – BBC Radio Nottingham
- 14 March – BBC Radio Stoke
- 24 June – BBC Radio Leeds
Programme debuts- Unknown – The Living World on BBC Radio 4 (1968–Present)
Continuing programmes1940s- Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
- Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
- Down Your Way (1946–1992)
- Letter from America (1946–2004)
- Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
- A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
1950s- The Archers (1950–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)
- The Men from the Ministry (1962–1977)
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1964–1973)
- Petticoat Line (1965–1979)
- The World at One (1965–Present)
- The Official Chart (1967–Present)
- Just a Minute (1967–Present)
Ending this year- 9 June – Round the Horne (1965–1968)
- 11 June – The Embassy Lark (1966–1968)
Births- 2 October – Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter
See also- 1968 in British music
- 1968 in British television
- 1968 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1968
References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/28/we-need-to-talk-why-britain-loves-radio-phone-ins |title=We need to talk: why Britain loves radio phone-ins |publisher=theguardian.com |date=28 January 2018}}
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