This is a list of events from British radio in 1938.
Events 3 January – The BBC Empire Service, which began in 1932, transmits its first programme in a foreign language: Arabic. 13 January – The BBC makes a radio broadcast of a matinee performance of the musical Me and My Girl live from the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, following the cancellation of a sporting event. 30 September – Lieutenant commander Thomas Woodrooffe commentates for BBC radio on Neville Chamberlain's return from signing the Munich Agreement. 25 December – The BBC broadcasts He That Should Come, a nativity play by Dorothy L. Sayers."He That Should Come" , Radio Times, 23 December 1938, p. 40.
Debuts 5 January – Band Waggon, BBC (1938–1940)
Births 6 February – David Rayvern Allen, radio producer and cricket writer (died 2014) 17 February – Jo Kendall, radio comedy actress (died 2022) 27 June Juliet Ace, Welsh scriptwriter (died 2025) Alan Coren, humourist (died 2007) 6 July – Tony Lewis, Welsh cricketer and sports presenter 3 August – Terry Wogan, Irish-born broadcaster (died 2016) 10 September – "Diddy" David Hamilton, born David Pilditch, broadcaster 28 October – David Dimbleby, broadcaster 1 November – Malcolm Laycock, radio presenter and producer (died 2009) 13 December – Chris Emmett, radio comedy actor
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