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1933 British television
This is a list of events related to British television in 1933.
Events
21 April – The first television revue, Looking In, is shown on the BBC. The first four minutes of this programme survive on a Silvatone record, an early method of home video recording.
September – BBC Television Policy, Rumours and Facts is published.Stephen Herbert A History of Early Television https://books.google.com/books?id=89jS4JNWuZwC&pg=PR7 2004 Taylor & Francis 978-0-415-32666-7 10
Births
10 January – Anton Rodgers, actor (died 2007)
12 January – Michael Aspel, journalist and television presenter
15 January – Frank Bough, journalist and television presenter (died 2020)
18 January – David Bellamy, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner (died 2019)
6 February – Leslie Crowther, television comedian and game show host (died 1996)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-leslie-crowther-1365779.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-leslie-crowther-1365779.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: Leslie Crowther 30 September 1996 The Independent London William G. Stewart 4 January 2019
22 February – Sheila Hancock, actress
6 April – Dudley Sutton, actor (died 2018)
11 April – Derek Martin, actor (EastEnders) (died 2026)
16 April – Joan Bakewell, broadcaster
24 April – Claire Davenport, actress (died 2002)
30 April – Dickie Davies, television presenter (died 2023)
14 May – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
15 May – Shirley Dynevor, Welsh actress (died 2023)Finn Rachel Corrie's Sally Dynevor and Bridgerton star daughter devastated as family member dies https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/corrie-sally-dynevor-family-death-28945111 OK Magazine 13 January 2023
23 May – Joan Collins, actress
25 May – Biddy Baxter, children's television producer (died 2025)
2 August – Tom Bell, actor (died 2006)
21 August – Barry Norman, film critic (died 2017)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40468411 Film critic Barry Norman dies 1 July 2017 BBC News 1 July 2017
18 September – David McCallum, actor (died 2023)
25 September – Eric Chappell, sitcom writer (died 2022)
30 September – Barbara Knox, actress
10 October – Daniel Massey, actor (died 1998)Newsletter of the Wilhelm Furtwängler Society of America https://books.google.com/books?id=vUw5AQAAIAAJ 1997 Wilhelm Furtwängler Society of America
3 November – Jeremy Brett, actor (died 1995)
13 December – Brian Elliott (Patton Brothers), comedy performer
22 December – Richard Whitmore, newsreader
See also
1933 in British music
1933 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1933
References
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