1927 in British television

none August 2019 1927 British television This is a list of British television related events in 1927. Events Month Day Event January 1 The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation.Street Seán Historical Dictionary of British Radio 2015 Rowman & Littlefield 9781442249233 20 https://books.google.com/books?id=Df-dCAAAQBAJ&pg=PR20 en May 24 John Logie Baird transmits a television signal from London to Glasgow by telephone line. September 7 The Television Society is founded. It will gain Royal patronage in 1966, becoming the Royal Television Society.Franklin Bob Key Concepts in Journalism Studies 2005 SAGE Publications 9780761944812 324 https://books.google.com/books?id=YWsBTq1utSQC&pg=PT324 en September 20 John Logie Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision VideoDisc apparatus records 30-line television pictures and sound on conventional 78 rpm gramophone records. Births Month Day Name Occupation February 7 Laurie Johnson television theme composer (The Avengers) (died 2024) February 16 June Brown actress (EastEnders) (died 2022)Whitmore Greg June Brown: a life in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/apr/04/june-brown-a-life-in-pictures The Guardian 4 April 2022 4 April 2022 February 28 Harry H. Corbett actor (Steptoe and Son) (died 1982) April 26 Jack Douglas comic actor (died 2008) May 4 Terry Scott comedy actor (Terry and June) (died 1994)Obituary: Terry Scott https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-scott-1416495.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-scott-1416495.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 23 October 2011 15 September 2018 June 4 Geoffrey Palmer comedy actor (As Time Goes By) (died 2020) June 13 Brian Wilde comedy actor (Porridge, Last of the Summer Wine) (died 2008) August 20 Yootha Joyce comedy actress (Man About the House, George & Mildred) (died 1980)Joyce, Yootha http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-74665 2004 15 September 2018 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/74665 978-0-19-861412-8 July 20 Heather Chasen radio & television actress (Crossroads, EastEnders) (died 2020) August 23 Peter Wyngarde actor (Department S, Jason King) (died 2018)Obituary – Peter Wyngarde, flamboyant actor known for Jason King and Flash Gordon https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15865081.Obituary___Peter_Wyngarde__flamboyant_actor_known_for_Jason_King_and_Flash_Gordon/ HeraldScotland 15 September 2018 en October 1 Sandy Gall newscaster (ITV News at Ten) (died 2025)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7944508/Sandy-Galls-dream-for-Afghanistan.html Sandy Gall's dream for Afghanistan The Telegraph 14 August 2010 15 November 2019 October 14 Roger Moore screen actor (The Saint) (died 2017)Roger Moore obituary: the star who gave James Bond a martini-dry wit https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/roger-moore-star-who-gave-james-bond-bone-dry-wit British Film Institute 15 September 2018 en November 8 Ken Dodd comedian (died 2018)Obituary: Sir Ken Dodd https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13360811 BBC News 15 September 2018 12 March 2018 See also 1927 in British music 1927 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1927 References 1927