This is a list of British television related events from 1940.
There are no events for 1940 in British television as broadcasting had been suspended for the duration of the Second World War. This was done amid fears the signals would help German bombers. Television broadcasting resumed in 1946.
19 January – Mike Reid, entertainer, comedian and actor (died 2007)
22 January – John Hurt, actor (died 2017)
2 February – David Jason, actor
6 February – Jimmy Tarbuck, comedian
12 February – Ralph Bates, English actor (died 1991)
20 February – Jimmy Greaves, footballer and television pundit
22 February – Judy Cornwell, English actress
2 April – Penelope Keith, actress
10 April – Gloria Hunniford, television and radio presenter and singer
16 June – Carole Ann Ford, actress
20 June – John Mahoney, actor
22 June – Esther Rantzen, journalist and television presenter
23 June – Adam Faith, actor and singer (died 2003)
13 July – Patrick Stewart, actor
17 July – Tim Brooke-Taylor, English radio and television personality
9 October – John Lennon, actor, musician, song-writer, activist (died 1980)
14 October – Christopher Timothy, actor, television director and writer
19 October – Sir Michael Gambon, actor
29 October – Jack Shepherd, actor, playwright, director and saxophonist
11 December – Tony Adams, Welsh actor
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