2025 in British radio
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This is a list of events taking place in 2025 relating to radio in the United Kingdom.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – Jazz FM airs a day of programmes dedicated to bandleader Quincy Jones under the title Q Year's Day.[1]
- 6 January – Aaron Paul begins presenting breakfast on BBC Radio London from Mondays to Thursdays; Riz Lateef continues with the show on Fridays.[2]
- 12 January – Mel Giedroyc joins Magic Radio to present a Sunday morning show.[3]
- 27 January – Gok Wan joins Magic Breakfast to co-present alongside Harriet Scott.[4]
February
[edit]- 15 February – Anne Marie McAleese presents her final edition of BBC Radio Ulster's Your Place And Mine, which she has presented since 1991.[5]
Station debuts
[edit]Terrestrial
[edit]Online
[edit]Small-scale multiplex switch-ons
[edit]- 25 February – South Hertfordshire[6]
Closing this year
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Programme debuts
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Podcast debuts
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Changes of network affiliation
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Continuing radio programmes
[edit]These programmes are still running as of 2024. They are listed by the year they were first broadcast.
1940s
[edit]- Desert Island Discs (started 1942)
- Woman's Hour (started 1946)
- A Book at Bedtime (started 1949)
1950s
[edit]- The Archers (started 1950)
- Pick of the Pops (started 1955)
- The Today Programme (started 1957)
1960s
[edit]- Farming Today (started 1960)
- In Touch (started 1961)
- The World at One (started 1965)
- The Official Chart (started 1967)
- Just a Minute (started 1967)
- The Living World (started 1968)
1970s
[edit]- PM (started 1970)
- Start the Week (started 1970)
- You and Yours (started 1970)
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (started 1972)
- Good Morning Scotland (started 1973)
- Newsbeat (started 1973)
- File on 4 (started 1977)
- Money Box (started 1977)
- The News Quiz (started 1977)
- Feedback (started 1979)
- The Food Programme (started 1979)
- Science in Action (started 1979)
1980s
[edit]- In Business (started 1983)
- Sounds of the 60s (started 1983)
- Loose Ends (started 1986)
1990s
[edit]- The Moral Maze (started 1990)
- Essential Selection (started 1991)
- Essential Mix (started 1993)
- Up All Night (started 1994)
- Wake Up to Money (started 1994)
- Private Passions (started 1995)
- In Our Time (started 1998)
- PopMaster (started 1998)
- The Now Show (started 1998)
2000s
[edit]- BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (started 2000)
- Big John @ Breakfast (started 2000)
- Sounds of the 70s (2000–2008, resumed 2009)
- Dead Ringers (2000–2007, resumed 2014)
- A Kist o Wurds (started 2002)
- Fighting Talk (started 2003)
- Jeremy Vine (started 2003)
- The Chris Moyles Show (2004–2012, resumed 2015)
- Elaine Paige on Sunday (started 2004)
- The Bottom Line (started 2006)
- The Unbelievable Truth (started 2006)
- Radcliffe & Maconie (started 2007)
- The Media Show (started 2008)
- Newsjack (started 2009)
2010s
[edit]- The Third Degree (started 2011)
- BBC Radio 1's Dance Anthems (started 2012)
- Sounds of the 80s (started 2013)
- Question Time Extra Time (started 2013)
- The Show What You Wrote (started 2013)
- Inside Science (started 2013)
- Friday Sports Panel (started 2014)
- Stumped (started 2015)
- You, Me and the Big C (started 2018)
- Radio 1's Party Anthems (started 2019)
2020s
[edit]- Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast (started 2020)
- Newscast (started 2020)
- Sounds of the 90s (started 2020)
- The News Agents (started 2022)
- Ten to the Top (started 2023)
- Sunday Love Songs with Michael Ball (started 2024)
Ending this year
[edit]- 15 February – Your Place And Mine (1991–2025)[5]
Deaths
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See also
[edit]- 2025 in the United Kingdom
- 2025 in British music
- 2025 in British television
- List of British films of 2025
References
[edit]- ^ Gilbert, Mark (22 December 2024). "Anton du Beke and Quincy Jones among Jazz FM's Christmas attractions". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ Martin, Roy (16 December 2024). "Aaron Paul to host BBC Radio London Breakfast". Radio Today. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ Martin, Roy (13 November 2024). "Mel Giedroyc to host Sunday morning request show on Magic Radio". Radio Today. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Collins, Steve (30 October 2024). "Gok Wan to join Harriet Scott as new Magic Breakfast co-host". Radio Today. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Radio Ulster: Anne Marie McAleese to leave Your Place and Mine". BBC News. BBC. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ Martin, Roy (17 December 2024). "South Herts small-scale DAB sets launch date". Radio Today. Retrieved 17 December 2024.