1944 in British television

Overview of the events of 1944 in British television

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

Contents

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  1 Events
  


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  2 Births
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  

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


• 1 June – Robert Powell, actor


• 11 June – Vince Earl, singer, comedian and actor


• 27 July – Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (died 2003)^[4]
  


• 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
  
  
  
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    Carol Barnes, journalist (died 2008)^[5]
    
  
  
  • 
    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)^[6]
  


• 28 October – Ian Marter, British actor (died 1986)^[7][8]
  


• 17 December – Bernard Hill, English actor


• 24 December – Barry Chuckle (Elliott), half of children's entertainment comedy double act the Chuckle Brothers (died 2018)^[9]
  


• 25 December – Kenny Everett, English radio DJ and comedian (died 1995)^[10]
  

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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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. 
   ^ "Tony Capstick". The Telegraph. 29 October 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
   


5. 
   ^ "Carol Barnes". Scotsman. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
   


6. 
   ^ "Clive Hornby". Telegraph. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
   


7. 
   ^ Scott, Cavan; Wright, Mark (2013). Doctor Who: Who-ology. Random House. p. 120. ISBN 1448141257.
   


8. 
   ^ "Ian Marter". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
   


9. 
   ^ Dixon, Stephen (5 August 2018). "Barry Chuckle obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
   


10. 
    ^ "Obituary: Kenny Everett". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
    

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