1927 in British television
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| +... |
This is a list of British television related events in 1927.
Events
[edit]| Month | Day | Event |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation.[1] |
| May | 24 | John Logie Baird transmits a television signal from London to Glasgow by telephone line. |
| September | 7 | The Television Society is founded. It will gain Royal patronage in 1966, becoming the Royal Television Society.[2] |
| September | 20 | John Logie Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision VideoDisc apparatus records 30-line television pictures and sound on conventional 78 rpm gramophone records. |
Births
[edit]| Month | Day | Name | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 7 | Laurie Johnson | television theme composer (The Avengers) (died 2024) |
| February | 16 | June Brown | actress (EastEnders) (died 2022)[3] |
| February | 28 | Harry H. Corbett | actor (Steptoe and Son) (died 1982) |
| April | 26 | Jack Douglas | comic actor (died 2008) |
| May | 4 | Terry Scott | comedy actor (Terry and June) (died 1994)[4] |
| June | 4 | Geoffrey Palmer | comedy actor (As Time Goes By) (died 2020) |
| June | 13 | Brian Wilde | comedy actor (Porridge, Last of the Summer Wine) (died 2008) |
| August | 20 | Yootha Joyce | comedy actress (Man About the House, George & Mildred) (died 1980)[5] |
| July | 20 | Heather Chasen | radio & television actress (Crossroads, EastEnders) (died 2020) |
| August | 23 | Peter Wyngarde | actor (Department S, Jason King) (died 2018)[6] |
| October | 1 | Sandy Gall | newscaster[7] |
| October | 14 | Roger Moore | screen actor (The Saint) (died 2017)[8] |
| November | 8 | Ken Dodd | comedian (died 2018)[9] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Street, Seán (2015). Historical Dictionary of British Radio. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 20. ISBN 9781442249233.
- ^ Franklin, Bob (2005). Key Concepts in Journalism Studies. SAGE Publications. p. 324. ISBN 9780761944812.
- ^ Whitmore, Greg (4 April 2022). "June Brown: a life in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Obituary: Terry Scott". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Joyce, Yootha". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74665. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 15 September 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Obituary – Peter Wyngarde, flamboyant actor known for Jason King and Flash Gordon". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Sandy Gall's dream for Afghanistan". The Telegraph. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Roger Moore obituary: the star who gave James Bond a martini-dry wit". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Ken Dodd". BBC News. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
 | This article relating to television in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |