This is a list of events from
British radio in 1945.
Events
January
No events.
February
No events.
March
No events.
April
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.
4 May – Radio Hamburg begins broadcasting from the British occupied zone of Germany, with
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas speaking from "
Lord Haw-Haw"'s studio for the BBC. On 22 September, the station becomes
Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR), the zone's official broadcasting organisation, set up by
Hugh Greene.[3]
7 May – The last German communication to be decoded at
Bletchley Park is from a military radio station at
Cuxhaven closing down.[4] This evening the
BBC in the UK announces that the following day will be a holiday, Victory in Europe Day.
28 May – U.S.-born Irish-raised
William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is captured by British forces on the German border two days after recording his final (rambling and audibly drunk) English-language propaganda broadcast for Nazi German radio. He later stands trial in London for high treason for his earlier wartime broadcasts, is convicted, and hanged in January 1946.
June
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.[6]
July
1 July – For the 50th season the
BBC Proms return from their wartime retreat in
Bedford back to the
Royal Albert Hall in London. The First Night concert includes
William Walton’s Memorial Fanfare for Henry Wood, as well as a performance of
Elgar’s Cockaigne (In London Town).
1 August – Family Favourites is the successor to the wartime radio show Forces Favourites, broadcast at Sunday lunchtimes on the Light Programme in the UK and the
British Forces Broadcasting Service in Europe; it runs until 1980.
This is a list of events from
British radio in 1945.
Events
January
No events.
February
No events.
March
No events.
April
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.
4 May – Radio Hamburg begins broadcasting from the British occupied zone of Germany, with
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas speaking from "
Lord Haw-Haw"'s studio for the BBC. On 22 September, the station becomes
Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR), the zone's official broadcasting organisation, set up by
Hugh Greene.[3]
7 May – The last German communication to be decoded at
Bletchley Park is from a military radio station at
Cuxhaven closing down.[4] This evening the
BBC in the UK announces that the following day will be a holiday, Victory in Europe Day.
28 May – U.S.-born Irish-raised
William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is captured by British forces on the German border two days after recording his final (rambling and audibly drunk) English-language propaganda broadcast for Nazi German radio. He later stands trial in London for high treason for his earlier wartime broadcasts, is convicted, and hanged in January 1946.
June
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.[6]
July
1 July – For the 50th season the
BBC Proms return from their wartime retreat in
Bedford back to the
Royal Albert Hall in London. The First Night concert includes
William Walton’s Memorial Fanfare for Henry Wood, as well as a performance of
Elgar’s Cockaigne (In London Town).
1 August – Family Favourites is the successor to the wartime radio show Forces Favourites, broadcast at Sunday lunchtimes on the Light Programme in the UK and the
British Forces Broadcasting Service in Europe; it runs until 1980.