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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
- 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
- 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
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 1448141257.
- ^ "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.