1968 in British radio

This is a list of events in British radio during 1968.

Events

 * 4 February – BBC Radio Nottingham broadcasts the UK's first ever radio phone-in, What Are They Up To Now, hosted by Tony Church.
 * 21 August – Protests are heard at tonight's BBC Proms concert by the USSR Symphony Orchestra against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Station debuts

 * 31 January – BBC Radio Nottingham
 * 14 March – BBC Radio Stoke
 * 24 June – BBC Radio Leeds

Programme debuts

 * Undated – The Living World on BBC Radio 4 (1968–Present)
 * October – Helo Sut Dach Chi? presented by Hywel Gwynfryn on BBC Wales, the first Welsh-language pop radio programme
 * 11 October – Follow This Space on BBC Radio 4 (1968–1969)

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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * July – Billy Cotton Band Show (1949–1968)

Births

 * 15 January – Alex Lowe, actor, comedian and voice artist
 * 2 June – John Culshaw, comic actor and impressionist
 * 15 June – Samira Ahmed, arts journalist and broadcaster
 * 4 July – Ronni Ancona, comic actress and impressionist
 * 20 July – Julian Rhind-Tutt, actor
 * 2 October – Victoria Derbyshire, presenter
 * 18 October – Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian and broadcast presenter
 * Sonita Alleyne, media production company executive and college principal
 * Chris Neill, comedy producer and performer
 * Approximate date – Christopher Green, comedy performer

Deaths

 * 10 February – Mary O'Farrell, actress (born 1892)
 * 24 June – Tony Hancock, comedian, suicide, in Australia (born 1924)