The BBC transmitted at least one experimental broadcast of stereo, using the Home Service and Third Programme for the left and right channels. According to the BBC Genome website it might have been in
1958. I built two crystal sets in series, using germanium diodes, feeding my left and right high-impedance ex-WD headphones. The aerial was strung across the room in south London.One item was of a theatre musical chorus, which sounded truly wonderful.