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Overview of the events of 1944 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1944.
There are no events for 1944 in British television as broadcasting had been suspended for the duration of the Second World War . This was done amid fears the signals would help German bombers .: 28 January – Bobby Ball (Harper), half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball (died 2020 )
2 February – Geoffrey Hughes , English actor (died 2012 )[ 1]
8 February – Roger Lloyd-Pack , English actor (died 2014 )[ 2]
13 February – Jerry Springer , English-born television host (died 2023)
17 February – Nick Hewer , public relations consultant and television personality
11 March – Don Maclean , British comedian
8 April – Hywel Bennett , Welsh actor (died 2017 )[ 3]
25 April – Len Goodman , ballroom dancer and television personality (died 2023 )[ 4]
27 April – Michael Fish , British television weatherman
29 April – Michael Angelis , actor and narrator (died 2020 )
5 May – John Rhys-Davies , Welsh actor
7 May – Richard O'Sullivan , actor
12 May – Sara Kestelman , British actor
31 May – Samantha Juste , Top of the Pops hostess (died 2014 )[ 5]
1 June – Robert Powell , actor
11 June – Vince Earl , singer, comedian and actor
27 July – Tony Capstick , English comedian, actor and musician (died 2003 )[ 6]
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
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 )[ 8]
28 October – Ian Marter , British actor (died 1986 )[ 9] [ 10]
17 December – Bernard Hill , English actor (died 2024 )
24 December – Barry Chuckle (Elliott), half of children's entertainment comedy double act the Chuckle Brothers (died 2018 )[ 11]
25 December – Kenny Everett , English radio DJ and comedian (died 1995 )[ 12]
