Robert Robinson recalls the events of September 1950.

The Government had a majority of six in the Steel Nationalisation Debate, the war in Indo-China escalated, Surrey won the County Championship, Colin Cowdrey (17) played against the West Indies, and Lester Piggott (14) rode his 41st winner. On film, some of the popular radio and television programmes of the year: In Town Tonight, Picture Page, and Much Binding in the Marsh.

A woman threw a brick through a window of Broadcasting House. She told the police: "I felt the BBC wanted livening up a bit. We've been having some lousy programmes lately."