1958 in British radio

This is a list of events from British radio in 1958.

Events

 * 29 March – The first averaged BBC Top 20 chart is broadcast on Pick of the Pops.
 * 1 April – BBC Radiophonic Workshop created.
 * 22 April – "Sunday Afternoon at Home", one of the most famous episodes of the radio comedy series Hancock's Half Hour, is broadcast on the BBC Light Programme for the first time.
 * 28 August – Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 4 is performed at the BBC Proms, the first complete Bruckner symphony to be played in the concert series since 1903.
 * 29 September – The BBC Light Programme's broadcasting hours are extended once again, now going on air 30 minutes earlier, at 6:30 a.m.

1930s

 * In Town Tonight (1933–1960)

1940s

 * Music While You Work (1940–1967)
 * Sunday Half Hour (1940–2018)
 * Desert Island Discs (1942–Present)
 * Family Favourites (1945–1980)
 * Down Your Way (1946–1992)
 * Have A Go (1946–1967)
 * Housewives' Choice (1946–1967)
 * Letter from America (1946–2004)
 * Woman's Hour (1946–Present)
 * Twenty Questions (1947–1976)
 * Any Questions? (1948–Present)
 * Mrs Dale's Diary (1948–1969)
 * Take It from Here (1948–1960)
 * Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968)
 * A Book at Bedtime (1949–Present)
 * Ray's a Laugh (1949–1961)

1950s

 * The Archers (1950–Present)
 * Educating Archie (1950–1960)
 * Listen with Mother (1950–1982)
 * The Goon Show (1951–1960)
 * Hancock's Half Hour (1954–1959)
 * 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)

Births

 * 29 January – Linda Smith, comedian (died 2006)
 * 12 February – Michael Fenton Stevens, comedy actor
 * 3 May – Sandi Toksvig, Danish-born British comedy performer
 * 14 May – Jan Ravens, actress and impressionist
 * 29 June – Mark Radcliffe, radio broadcaster
 * 30 July – Liz Kershaw, presenter
 * 21 September – Simon Mayo, presenter
 * 11 December – Pete Mitchell, presenter (died 2020)
 * Shaun Prendergast, actor