1942 in British television

This is a list of British television-related events from 1942.

Events

Births

• 3 January – John Thaw, English actor (died 2002)
• 5 January – Jan Leeming, journalist, television presenter and newsreader
• 8 January – Robin Ellis, English actor
• 19 January – Michael Crawford, English singer and actor
• 1 February – Terry Jones, Welsh comedic actor and writer (died 2020)
• 7 February – Gareth Hunt, English actor (died 2007)
• 25 March – Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer
• 27 March – Michael York, English actor
• 29 March – Julie Goodyear, actress and television personality
• 12 May – Pam St Clement, born Pamela Clements, actress
• 19 May – Robert Kilroy-Silk, politician and television presenter
• 8 June – Fred Dinenage, television presenter
• 17 July – Peter Sissons, journalist (died 2019)
• 16 August – John Challis, actor (died 2021)
• 17 September – Des Lynam, television presenter
• 24 November – Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
• 29 November – Michael Craze, actor (died 1998)
• 4 December – Gemma Jones, actress
• 15 December – Geoffrey Davies, actor (died 2023)

Deaths

• October – Bernard Natan, co-founder (with John Logie Baird) of France's first television company, Télévision-Baird-Natan, aged 56

See also

• 1942 in British music
• 1942 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1942

References