1954 in British television




Overview of the events of 1954 in British television












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This is a list of British television related events from 1954.




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




  • 2 Debuts


  • 3 Television shows


    • 3.1 1920s


    • 3.2 1930s


    • 3.3 1940s


    • 3.4 1950s




  • 4 Ending this year


  • 5 Births


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References





Events



January


  • 11 January – The first weather forecast with an in-vision presenter is televised in the UK. The first weather presenter was George Cowling.[1]


February


  • No events.


March


  • No events.


April


  • 9 April – The Grove Family, generally considered the first British TV soap opera, debuts on the BBC Television Service.[2][3]


May


  • No events.


June


  • No events.


July



  • 5 July – First actual news bulletin, News and Newsreel, aired on the BBC Television Service, replacing Television Newsreel.[4]

  • 30 July – The Television Act 1954 is given Royal Assent. It authorises the setting up of the infrastructure for British commercial television.



August


  • No events.


September


  • No events.


October


  • No events.


November


  • No events.


December



  • 12 December – The BBC Television Service screens its famous, and controversial, adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

  • 30 December – The first BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony is presented from London's Savoy Hotel. It has aired annually ever since.

  • The British Academy Television Awards, the most prestigious awards in the British television industry, are first awarded.



Debuts



  • 9 April – The Grove Family (1954–1957)

  • 13 November – Fabian of the Yard (1954–1956)

  • 21 December – Zoo Quest (1954–1963)



Television shows



1920s



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


1930s



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


1940s




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


  • Come Dancing (1949–1998)



1950s




  • Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)


  • Flower Pot Men (1952–1958, 2001–2002)


  • Watch with Mother (1952–1973)


  • The Appleyards (1952–1957)


  • All Your Own (1952–1961)


  • Rag, Tag and Bobtail (1953–1965)


  • The Good Old Days (1953–1983)


  • Panorama (1953–present)



Ending this year



  • Television Newsreel (1948–1954)


Births




  • 6 January – John Sparkes, comedian

  • 20 February – Anthony Head, actor

  • 16 March – Jimmy Nail, actor and singer

  • 17 March – Lesley-Anne Down, actress

  • 9 May – Nicholas Crane, geographer and TV presenter

  • 21 June – Anne Kirkbride, actress (Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street) (died 2015)

  • 26 August – Steve Wright, broadcaster

  • 8 September – Anne Diamond, journalist and television presenter


  • 24 September


    • Helen Lederer, comedian and actress


    • Martin Sixsmith, journalist, author and radio and television presenter



  • 3 October – Jeff Randall, journalist and television presenter

  • 19 October – Ken Stott, actor

  • 24 November - Susan Gilmore, actress (Avril Rolfe in Howards' Way)

  • 1 December – Alan Dedicoat, newsreader and the National Lottery's "Voice of the Balls"

  • 5 December – Hanif Kureishi, novelist and screenwriter

  • 22 December – Hugh Quarshie, actor



See also



  • 1954 in British music

  • 1954 in the United Kingdom

  • List of British films of 1954



References





  1. ^ "First BBC television weatherman George Cowling dies". BBC News. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 27 December 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 Sunday Post: Soap on the Box". BBC Genome Blog. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2019.


  3. ^ "The Grove Family: A House of Your Own". 2 April 1954. p. 44. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via BBC Genome.


  4. ^ "BBC launches daily TV news". BBC On This Day. 1954-07-05. Retrieved 19 May 2009.










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