1950 in British television




Overview of the events of 1950 in British television












List of years in British television
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  • 1953



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This is a list of British television related events from 1950.




Contents






  • 1 Events


    • 1.1 January


    • 1.2 February


    • 1.3 March


    • 1.4 April


    • 1.5 May


    • 1.6 June


    • 1.7 July


    • 1.8 August


    • 1.9 September


    • 1.10 October


    • 1.11 November


    • 1.12 December


    • 1.13 Unknown




  • 2 Debuts


  • 3 Television shows


    • 3.1 1920s


    • 3.2 1930s


    • 3.3 1940s




  • 4 Ending this year


  • 5 Births


  • 6 Deaths


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References





Events



January


  • No events.


February


  • 23 February – First televised report of general election results in the UK.


March


  • No events.


April


  • 3 April – The BBC aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3.


May


  • 21 May – The BBC's Lime Grove television studios open.


June


  • No events.


July


  • 11 July – Andy Pandy premieres on the BBC Television Service.


August


  • 27 August – The first ever live television pictures from across the English Channel are transmitted by the BBC Television Service. The two-hour programme is broadcast live from Calais in northern France to mark the centenary of the first message sent by submarine telegraph cable from England to France.[1]


September


  • 30 September – First BBC Television Service broadcast from an aircraft.


October


  • No events.


November


  • No events.


December


  • No events.


Unknown


  • A cable network is launched in Gloucester, to provide better television reception than was possible at the time via a roof-top aerial.[2]


Debuts


  • 11 July – Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)


Television shows



1920s



  • BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2024)


1930s




  • Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952).


  • BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)



1940s




  • Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)


  • Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)


  • Café Continental (1947–1953)


  • Television Newsreel (1948–1954)


  • Come Dancing (1949–1998)



Ending this year



  • For the Children (1937–1939, 1946–1950)


Births



  • 20 January — Liza Goddard, stage and television actress

  • 22 January — Pamela Salem, Indian-English actress

  • 27 January


    • Derek Acorah, medium and television host


    • Alex Norton, actor and screenwriter



  • 3 February — Pamela Franklin, actress

  • 22 February — Julie Walters, actress

  • 22 March — Mary Tamm, actress (died 2012)

  • 30 March — Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian

  • 3 April — Sally Thomsett, actress

  • 9 May — Matthew Kelly, English actor and television host

  • 10 May - Sally James (presenter)

  • 11 May — Jeremy Paxman, television presented and author

  • 9 June — David Troughton, actor

  • 8 July — Sarah Kennedy, broadcaster

  • 19 July — Simon Cadell, actor (died 1996)

  • 26 July — Susan George, actress

  • 19 August — Jennie Bond, journalist and television presenter

  • 17 September — Sherrie Hewson, actress, television presenter and novelist

  • 17 December — Michael Cashman, actor and politician



Deaths




  • 4 March — Anthony Holles, actor, 49


  • 8 May — Franklin Dyall, actor, 80

  • June — Claude Bailey, actor, 54



See also



  • 1950 in British music

  • 1950 in the United Kingdom

  • List of British films of 1950



References





  1. ^ "Television crosses the Channel". BBC On This Day. 1950-08-27. Retrieved 19 May 2009..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. ^ "The Michael Aldrich Archive - Cable Systems". Aldricharchive.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.










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