1927 in British television

This is a list of British television-related events in 1927.

List of years in British television (table)

Events

MonthDayEvent
January1The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation.[1]
September7The Television Society is founded. It will gain Royal patronage in 1966, becoming the Royal Television Society.[2]

Births

MonthDayNameOccupation
February16June Brownactress ("EastEnders")
February28Harry H. Corbettactor (Steptoe and Son) (died 1982)
April26Jack Douglascomic actor (died 2008)
May4Terry Scottcomedy actor (Terry and June) (died 1994)[3]
June4Geoffrey Palmercomedy actor (As Time Goes By)
June13Brian Wildecomedy actor (Porridge, Last of the Summer Wine) (died 2008)
August20Yootha Joycecomedy actress (Man About the House, George & Mildred) (died 1980)[4]
July20Heather Chasenradio & television actress (Crossroads, EastEnders)
August23Peter Wyngardeactor (Department S, Jason King) (died 2018)[5]
October1Sandy Gallnewscaster[6]
October14Roger Moorescreen actor (The Saint) (died 2017)[7]
November8Ken Doddcomedian (died 2018)[8]
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gollark: I don't know if it has HTTP capability, but it could totally sort of do HTML/CSS if it is.
gollark: Excel is Turing-complete isn't it?
gollark: I don't think people do much of the time, though.
gollark: You could use metric prefixes like kilokelvin if you wanted.

See also

References

  1. Street, Seán (2015). Historical Dictionary of British Radio. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 20. ISBN 9781442249233.
  2. Franklin, Bob (2005). Key Concepts in Journalism Studies. SAGE Publications. p. 324. ISBN 9780761944812.
  3. "Obituary: Terry Scott". The Independent. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. "Joyce, Yootha". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-74665. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. "Obituary – Peter Wyngarde, flamboyant actor known for Jason King and Flash Gordon". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  6. "Sandy Gall's dream for Afghanistan". The Telegraph. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. "Roger Moore obituary: the star who gave James Bond a martini-dry wit". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  8. "Obituary: Sir Ken Dodd". BBC News. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.


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