This is a list of British television related events from 1942.
There are no events for 1942 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.
3 January – John Thaw, English actor (died 2002)
5 January – Jan Leeming, journalist, television presenter and newsreader
19 January – Michael Crawford, English singer and actor
1 February – Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer
7 February – Gareth Hunt, English actor (died 2007)
25 March – Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer
27 March – Michael York, English actor
29 March – Julie Goodyear, actress and television personality
12 May – Pam St. Clement, actor
19 May – Robert Kilroy-Silk, politician and television presenter
17 July – Peter Sissons, journalist
16 August – John Challis, actor
17 September – Des Lynam, British TV presenter
24 November – Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
29 November – Michael Craze, British actor (died 1998)
4 December – Gemma Jones, British actress
15 December – Geoffrey Davies, actor
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