1944 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1944.

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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
• 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 TV 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

1. Hayward, Anthony (29 July 2012). "Geoffrey Hughes obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
2. "Obituary: Roger Lloyd Pack". BBC News. 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
3. "Hywel Bennett obituary: fashionable young man who grew up fast | Sight & Sound". British Film Institute. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
4. "Samantha Juste – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
5. "Tony Capstick". The Telegraph. 29 October 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
6. "Carol Barnes". Scotsman. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
7. "Clive Hornby". Telegraph. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
8. Scott, Cavan; Wright, Mark (2013). Doctor Who: Who-ology. Random House. p. 120. ISBN 1448141257.
9. "Ian Marter". www.penguin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
10. Dixon, Stephen (5 August 2018). "Barry Chuckle obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
11. "Obituary: Kenny Everett". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2018.