1944 in British television

none July 2018 1944 British television This is a list of British television-related events from 1944. Events British television did not broadcast in 1944. Television had been suspended since 1939 for the duration of the Second World War, due to fears that the signals would help German bombers. Television broadcasting resumed in 1946. Births 28 January – Bobby Ball (Harper), half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball (died 2020) 2 February – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (died 2012)Hayward Anthony Geoffrey Hughes obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jul/29/geoffrey-hughes The Guardian London 5 August 2018 en 29 July 2012 8 February – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014)Obituary: Roger Lloyd Pack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25742631 BBC News 5 August 2018 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)Hywel Bennett obituary: fashionable young man who grew up fast Sight & Sound https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/hywel-bennett-obituary British Film Institute 2018-08-05 25 April – Len Goodman, ballroom dancer and television personality (died 2023)Len Goodman obituary: From the East End to Strictly Come Dancing studio https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58929590 BBC News 2023-04-24 2023-04-24 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)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10629079/Samantha-Juste-obituary.html Samantha Juste – obituary Telegraph Media Group The Daily Telegraph 10 February 2014 4 March 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)Tony Capstick https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1445337/Tony-Capstick.html The Telegraph 5 August 2018 29 October 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)Carol Barnes https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/carol-barnes-1-1158547 Scotsman 5 August 2018 en 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)Clive Hornby https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2248872/Clive-Hornby.html Telegraph 5 August 2018 4 July 2008 28 October – Ian Marter, British actor (died 1986)Scott Cavan Wright Mark Doctor Who: Who-ology 2013 Random House 978-1448141258 120 https://books.google.com/books?id=Okr1_6pV6cQC&pg=PA120 enIan Marter https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/ian-marter/1060472/ www.penguin.co.uk 5 August 2018 en https://web.archive.org/web/20180806025355/https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/ian-marter/1060472/ 6 August 2018 dead 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)Dixon Stephen Barry Chuckle obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/aug/05/barry-chuckle-obituary the Guardian 5 August 2018 en 5 August 2018 25 December – Kenny Everett, English radio DJ and comedian (died 1995)Obituary: Kenny Everett https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-kenny-everett-1614235.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-kenny-everett-1614235.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 5 August 2018 See also 1944 in British music 1944 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1944 References 1944