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1949 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1949.

Contents

Events

  • July – BBC Television revives the regular televised weather forecast.
  • 29 September – The BBC Television Service first broadcasts Come Dancing, a TV ballroom dancing competition show.
  • 26 October – How Do You View?, the first comedy series on British television, starring Terry-Thomas, is first broadcast.
  • 17 December – The Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is opened in the Midlands, making it the first part of the UK outside London to receive the BBC Television Service.

    • Debuts

  • 29 September – Come Dancing (1949–1998)

    • 1930s

  • Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952).
  • For the Children (1937–1939, 1946–1950)

    • 1940s

  • Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)
  • Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
  • Café Continental (1947–1953)
  • Television Newsreel (1948–1954)

    • Births

  • 13 March – David Neilson, actor
  • 30 March – Sue Cook, broadcaster and author
  • 29 April – Anita Dobson, actress
  • 2 May – Alan Titchmarsh, television presenter
  • 13 May – Zoë Wanamaker, actress
  • 14 May – Francesca Annis, actress
  • 21 May – Andrew Neil, Scottish journalist and broadcaster
  • 22 May – Cheryl Campbell, film, television and stage actor
  • 16 August – John McArdle, actor
  • 25 August – Ross Davidson, actor (died 2006)
  • 19 September – Twiggy, model and television presenter
  • 6 October – Sarah Cullen, television and radio journalist (died 2012)
  • 14 October – Katy Manning, actress
  • 6 November – Nigel Havers, actor
  • 12 December – Bill Nighy, actor
  • 13 December – Robert Lindsay, actor

    • References

    1949 in British television Wikipedia
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