1944 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1944.

Events

British television broadcasting was suspended for the duration of the Second World War amid fears the signals would help German bombers. Broadcasting resumed in 1946.

Births

2 February – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (died 2012)

8 February – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014)

13 February – Jerry Springer, English-born television host

17 February – Nick Hewer, public relations consultant and television personality

11 March – Don Maclean, British comedian

8 April – Hywel Bennett, actor

27 April – Michael Fish, British TV weatherman

5 May – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor

7 May – Richard O'Sullivan, actor

12 May – Sara Kestelman, British actor

1 June – Robert Powell, actor

11 June – Vince Earl, singer, comedian and actor

27 July – Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (died 2003)

31 July – Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster and television presenter

9 August – John Simpson, BBC foreign correspondent and world affairs editor

11 August – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor

13 September

Carol Barnes, journalist (died 2008)

Jacqueline Bisset, English actress

22 September – Frazer Hines, British actor

26 September – Anne Robinson, British television host

12 October – Angela Rippon, journalist and newsreader

20 October – Clive Hornby, actor (died 2008)

28 October – Ian Marter, British actor (died 1986)

17 December – Bernard Hill, English actor

References

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