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Events

• September 22 - The character Grace Archer dies in the BBC serial The Archers, a spoiler for the launch of ITV on the same day.

September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... Grace Archer (September 28, 1930 – September 22, 1955) was a fictional character in the BBCs long-running radio soap, the Archers. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... This entry is about the radio series; for other meanings, see The Archers (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ...

Debuts

Closings

• March 10 - The Silver Eagle broadcasts its last episode.
• May 22 - The Jack Benny Program airs its last radio episode and moves solely to television.
• June 7 - Lux Radio Theater ends its run on CBS.

March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, was a radio-TV comedy series which ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century comedy. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Lux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935); CBS (1935-1955), adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

Births

Deaths