1952 in British television
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This is a list of British television related events from 1952.
Events[]
January[]
- 16 January – Sooty, Harry Corbett's glove puppet bear, first appears on the BBC Television Service.[1]
February[]
- 1 February – The first TV detector van is demonstrated. It is designed to track down users of unlicensed television sets.[2]
- 15 February – The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK.
March[]
- 14 March – The BBC Television Service is launched in Scotland.
April[]
- No events.
May[]
- No events.
June[]
- No events.
July[]
- 20 July – Arrow to the Heart, the first collaboration between director Rudolph Cartier and scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, is broadcast on the BBC Television Service.
August – November[]
- No events.
December[]
- 15 December – Bill and Ben, The Flower Pot Men premieres on the BBC Television Service.
- 31 December – BBC television ends the day with New Year's Eve Party from St Thomas' Hospital, London, hosted by Richard Dimbleby.[3]
Debuts[]
- 19 February – Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1952–1962)
- March – The Appleyards (1952–1957)
- 30 July – My Wife Jacqueline (1952)
- 18 December – The Flower Pot Men (1952–1958, 2001–2002)
- Unknown –
- Watch with Mother (1952–1973)
- All Your Own (1952–1961)
Continuing television shows[]
1920s[]
- BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)
1930s[]
- The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019)
- BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)
1940s[]
- Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)
- Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
- Café Continental (1947–1953)
- Television Newsreel (1948–1954)
- Come Dancing (1949–1998)
- How Do You View? (1949–1953)
1950s[]
- Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)
Ending this year[]
- Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952).
Births[]
- 29 January – Tim Healy, actor
- 2 March – John Altman, actor
- 31 March – Dermot Morgan, actor (died 1998)
- 4 April – Cherie Lunghi, actress
- 9 May – Patrick Ryecart, actor
- 22 June – Alastair Stewart, ITN journalist and newscaster
- 11 July – John Kettley, weatherman
- 22 September – Gary Holton, actor and musician (died 1985)
- 27 September – Rob Bonnet, BBC sports presenter and journalist
- 30 September – Jack Wild, actor (died 2006)
- 4 October – Kirsten Cooke, actress
- 9 October – Sharon Osbourne, music manager and promoter and television personality and presenter
- 3 December – Mel Smith, comic actor and director (died 2013)
- 10 December – Clive Anderson, comedy writer and radio and television personality
- 20 December – Jenny Agutter, actress
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kynaston, David (2009). Family Britain, 1951–57. London: Bloomsbury. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-7475-8385-1.
- ^ "Test drive for TV detector vans". BBC On This Day. 1952-02-01. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ McCann, Graham (2021-12-30). "Gang Aft Agley: The Day TV Broke Hogmanay". Comedy Chronicles. British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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