The '''BBC Third Programme''' was the third national radio network broadcast by the [[BBC]], founded in [[1946]] and subsequently incorporated, in [[19701967]], into '''[[BBC Radio 3]]'''. The other two were the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] (mainly speech based) and the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]], dedicated to light music, usually cover versions of popular music of the day played by the "in-house" BBC orchestras. The Home Service is now known as [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] and the Light Programme is [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]]. After the death of [[Henry Wood (conductor)|Sir Henry Wood]] the BBC stepped in to sponsor his [[The Proms|Promenade concerts]], carrying them live every night on the Third Programme.
