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This is a list of British television related events from 1944.
Events[]
British television broadcasting was suspended for the duration of the Second World War, amid fears the signals would help German bombers. Broadcasting resumed in 1946.
Births[]
- 22 January – Pamela Salem, Indian-English actress
- 28 January – Bobby Ball (Harper), half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball (died 2020)
- 2 February – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (died 2012)[1]
- 8 February – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014)[2]
- 13 February – Jerry Springer, English-born television host
- 17 February – Nick Hewer, public relations consultant and television personality
- 11 March – Don Maclean, British comedian
- 8 April – Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor (died 2017)[3]
- 27 April – Michael Fish, British television weatherman
- 29 April – Michael Angelis, actor and narrator (died 2020)
- 5 May – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
- 7 May – Richard O'Sullivan, actor
- 12 May – Sara Kestelman, British actor
- 31 May – Samantha Juste, Top of the Pops hostess (died 2014)[4]
- 1 June – Robert Powell, actor
- 11 June – Vince Earl, singer, comedian and actor
- 27 July – Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor and musician (died 2003)[5]
- 31 July – Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster and television presenter
- 9 August – John Simpson, BBC foreign correspondent and world affairs editor
- 11 August – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
- 13 September –
- Carol Barnes, journalist (died 2008)[6]
- Jacqueline Bisset, English actress
- 22 September – Frazer Hines, British actor
- 26 September – Anne Robinson, British television host
- 12 October – Angela Rippon, journalist and newsreader
- 20 October – Clive Hornby, actor (died 2008)[7]
- 28 October – Ian Marter, British actor (died 1986)[8][9]
- 17 December – Bernard Hill, English actor
- 24 December – Barry Chuckle (Elliott), half of children's entertainment comedy double act the Chuckle Brothers (died 2018)[10]
- 25 December – Kenny Everett, English radio DJ and comedian (died 1995)[11]
See also[]
- 1944 in British music
- 1944 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1944
References[]
- ^ Hayward, Anthony (29 July 2012). "Geoffrey Hughes obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Obituary: Roger Lloyd Pack". BBC News. 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Hywel Bennett obituary: fashionable young man who grew up fast | Sight & Sound". British Film Institute. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Samantha Juste – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "Tony Capstick". The Telegraph. 29 October 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Carol Barnes". Scotsman. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Clive Hornby". Telegraph. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Scott, Cavan; Wright, Mark (2013). Doctor Who: Who-ology. Random House. p. 120. ISBN 978-1448141258.
- ^ "Ian Marter". www.penguin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Dixon, Stephen (5 August 2018). "Barry Chuckle obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Obituary: Kenny Everett". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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