1929 in British television
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This is a list of British television-related events in 1929.
Events[]
| Month | Day | Event |
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| November | The BBC and John Logie Baird begin daily experimental broadcasting of 30-line television transmissions using the BBC's 2LO transmitter.[1][2] |
Births[]
- 17 February – Patricia Routledge, actress
- 21 February – James Beck, actor (died 1973)
- 24 March – Francis Essex, television producer (died 2009)
- 5 April – Nigel Hawthorne, actor (died 2001)
- 18 April – Peter Jeffrey, actor (died 1999)
- 26 May – Lloyd Reckord, Jamaican-born actor (died 2015)
- 30 August – Ian McNaught-Davis, television presenter (died 2014)[3]
- 14 September – Michael Peacock, television executive (died 2019)
- 25 September – Ronnie Barker, comic actor (died 2005)
- 27 November – Alan Simpson, comedy scriptwriter (died 2017)
- 16 December – Nicholas Courtney, actor (Doctor Who) (died 2011)
- 25 December – Stuart Hall, journalist and television presenter
- 26 December – Irene Shubik, television drama producer (died 2019)
- 31 December – David Nixon, magician and television personality (died 1978)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Baird and the BBC". BBC. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "November 1929 – John Logie Baird tests television, History of the BBC". BBC. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "BMC Patron Ian McNaught-Davis (1929 - 2014)". Thebmc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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