1926 in British television
Overview of the events of 1926 in British television
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This is a list of British television related events in 1926.
Events
- 26 January – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates his pioneering greyscale mechanical television system (which he calls a "televisor") at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times.[1][2][3][4]
Births
- 25 January – Richard Davies, Welsh actor (died 2015)
- 22 February – Kenneth Williams, comedy actor (died 1988)
- 8 May – David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
- 13 May – Eric Morecambe, comedy performer (died 1984)
- 21 October – Leonard Rossiter, comedy actor and writer (died 1984)
- 31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, television presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011)
- 30 November – Sydney Lotterby, comedy producer (died 2020)
- 19 December – Stephen Lewis, comedy actor (On the Buses) (died 2014)
See also
References
- Burns, R. W. (1986). British Television: The Formative Years. No. 7. IET. ISBN 9780863410796.
- Crisell, A. (2002). An introductory history of British broadcasting. Routledge.
- Toye, R. (2011). "History on British Television: Constructing Nation, Nationality and Collective Memory - By Robert Dillon". History. 96 (322): 226–227. doi:10.1111/j.1468-229X.2011.00515_21.x.
- Cooke, L. (2003). British television drama : a history . London: BFI Pub.
- "History of the BBC - 1920s". BBC. Archived from the original on 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
