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1950 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1950.

Contents

Events

  • 23 February – First televised report of general election results in the UK.
  • 3 April – The BBC aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3.
  • 21 May – The BBC's Lime Grove television studios open.
  • 11 July – Andy Pandy premieres on the BBC Television Service.
  • 27 August – The first ever live television pictures from across the English Channel are transmitted by the BBC Television Service. The two-hour programme is broadcast live from Calais in northern France to mark the centenary of the first message sent by submarine telegraph cable from England to France.
  • 30 September – First BBC Television Service broadcast from an aircraft.

    • Debuts

  • 11 July – Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)

    • 1930s

  • Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952).

    • 1940s

  • Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)
  • Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
  • Café Continental (1947–1953)
  • Television Newsreel (1948–1954)
  • Come Dancing (1949–1998)

    • Ending this year

  • For the Children (1937–1939, 1946–1950)

    • Births

  • 20 January — Liza Goddard, stage and television actress
  • 22 January — Pamela Salem, Indian-English actress
  • 27 January
  • Derek Acorah, medium and television host
  • Alex Norton, actor and screenwriter
  • 3 February — Pamela Franklin, actress
  • 22 February — Julie Walters, actress
  • 22 March — Mary Tamm, actress (died 2012)
  • 30 March — Robbie Coltrane, actor and comedian
  • 3 April — Sally Thomsett, actress
  • 9 May — Matthew Kelly, English actor and television host
  • 10 May - Sally James (presenter)
  • 11 May — Jeremy Paxman, television presented and author
  • 9 June — David Troughton, actor
  • 8 July — Sarah Kennedy, broadcaster
  • 19 July — Simon Cadell, actor (died 1996)
  • 26 July — Susan George, actress
  • 19 August — Jennie Bond, journalist and television presenter
  • 17 September — Sherrie Hewson, actress, television presenter and novelist
  • 17 December — Michael Cashman, actor and politician

    • Deaths

  • 4 March — Anthony Holles, actor, 49
  • 8 May — Franklin Dyall, actor, 80
  • June — Claude Bailey, actor, 54

    • References

    1950 in British television Wikipedia
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