21 February – Two issues of Radio Times are missed due to the
winter 1946–47 fuel shortage greatly exacerbated by severe weather. (BBC television is suspended 10 February–11 March.)
9 April – How Does Your Garden Grow? debuts on BBC radio; as Gardeners' Question Time it will still be running more than 65 years later.[1]
May to September
No events.
October
6 October – Philip Odell, a fictional detective created by Lester Powell and played by
Canadian actorRobert Beatty, is heard for the first time on BBC radio in Lady in a Fog.
24 October –
Francis Poulenc's
Sinfonietta receives its world premiere in a broadcast concert from London having been commissioned by the BBC for the first anniversary of their
Third Programme.[2]
November
18 November – The BBC links up with stations around the globe in the programme BBC Covers the World.
Gracie Fields hosts Our Gracie's Working Party on BBC radio; in the series, she visits twelve towns (beginning with her native Rochdale), compering and performing in a live show of music and entertainment, with local talents on the bill.
21 February – Two issues of Radio Times are missed due to the
winter 1946–47 fuel shortage greatly exacerbated by severe weather. (BBC television is suspended 10 February–11 March.)
9 April – How Does Your Garden Grow? debuts on BBC radio; as Gardeners' Question Time it will still be running more than 65 years later.[1]
May to September
No events.
October
6 October – Philip Odell, a fictional detective created by Lester Powell and played by
Canadian actorRobert Beatty, is heard for the first time on BBC radio in Lady in a Fog.
24 October –
Francis Poulenc's
Sinfonietta receives its world premiere in a broadcast concert from London having been commissioned by the BBC for the first anniversary of their
Third Programme.[2]
November
18 November – The BBC links up with stations around the globe in the programme BBC Covers the World.
Gracie Fields hosts Our Gracie's Working Party on BBC radio; in the series, she visits twelve towns (beginning with her native Rochdale), compering and performing in a live show of music and entertainment, with local talents on the bill.