1928 in British television

This is a list of British television-related events in 1928.

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Events

Month	Day	Event
February	8	John Logie Baird transmits television pictures across the Atlantic.[1]
September	22 – 29	John Logie Baird's Television Development Company demonstrates their model A, B, and C 'televisors' to the general public at the Radio Exhibition held at Olympia in London. The exhibition proves hugely popular, with an estimated nine hundred people per day watching the demonstration programming.[2]

Births

• 3 January – Michael Barratt, English television presenter and announcer
• 27 January – Michael Craig, Indian-born actor and screenwriter
• 22 February – Bruce Forsyth, English entertainer and presenter (d. 2017)
• 1 June – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, screenwriter and actor (d. 2003)
• 12 July – Frank Windsor, actor (Z Cars)
• 22 July – Freda Dowie, English actress (d. 2019)
• 1 October – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born screen actor (d. 1974)
• 8 October – Bill Maynard, English comic actor (d. 2018)
• 12 November – Bob Holness, English radio and television host (d. 2012)
• 12 December – Lionel Blair, actor, choreographer, dancer and TV presenter[3]
• 29 December – Bernard Cribbins, English comedy actor

See also

• 1928 in British music
• 1928 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1928

References

1. "Timeline of British Television". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
2. Dinsdale, A., ed. (November 1928). "Editorial". Television. The Television society. 1 (9). Retrieved 28 November 2010.
3. "Who is Lionel Blair" interview, radiotimes.com, 11–17 February 2017, pg. 32;