1944 in British television

This is a list of British television-related events from 1944.

Events

Births

• 28 January – Bobby Ball (Harper), half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball (died 2020)
• 2 February – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (died 2012)
• 8 February – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014)
• 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)
• 25 April – Len Goodman, ballroom dancer and television personality (died 2023)
• 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)
• 1 June – Robert Powell, actor
• 11 June – Vince Earl, singer, comedian and actor
• 20 July – Elizabeth Bennett, actress
• 27 July – Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor and musician (died 2003)
• 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
• Carol Barnes, journalist (died 2008)
• Jacqueline Bisset, English actress
• 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)
• 28 October – Ian Marter, British actor (died 1986)
• 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)
• 25 December – Kenny Everett, English radio DJ and comedian (died 1995)

See also

• 1944 in British music
• 1944 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1944

References