21 April – The first television revue, Looking In, is shown on the BBC. The first four minutes of this programme survive on a Silvatone record, an early method of home video recording.
Births
12 January – Michael Aspel, journalist and television presenter
15 January – Frank Bough, journalist and television presenter
18 January – David Bellamy, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner
6 February – Leslie Crowther, television comedian and game show host (died 1996)
