1943 in British television

none 1943 British television This is a list of British television-related events from 1943. Events British television did not broadcast in 1943. 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 9 January – Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer (died 2019) 29 January – Tony Blackburn, English radio disc jockey 2 February – Susan Hanson, English actress 18 February – Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian and actor 5 March Jane Rossington, English actress Hugh Scully, English television presenter (died 2015)Anon Scully, Hugh U282809 2007 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U282809 online Oxford University Press Oxford 8 March Michael Grade, television executive and businessman Lynn Redgrave, English actress (died 2010) 16 March – John Leeson, British actor 21 March – Vivian Stanshall, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster and musician (died 1995) 29 March – Eric Idle, English actor, writer and composer 3 April – Peter Benson, actor (died 2018) 5 May – Michael Palin, British comedian 6 May Grange Calveley, animator and screenwriter (died 2021)Hayward Anthony 2021-08-27 Grange Calveley obituary en-GB The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/27/grange-calveley-obituary 2023-10-25 0261-3077 Roger Cook, Australasian-born investigative reporter (died 2026) 27 May – Cilla Black, Liverpudlian singer-songwriter and television personality (died 2015) 8 June – Colin Baker, British actor 13 June – Malcolm McDowell, actor 29 June – Maureen O'Brien, British actress 20 July – Wendy Richard, British actress (died 2009) 20 August – Sylvester McCoy, British actor 5 September – Richard Dunn, CEO of Thames Television (died 1998) 23 September – Tony Gubba, English sports commentator (died 2013) 30 September – Ian Ogilvy, English actor 2 October – Anna Ford, journalist, newsreader and television presenter 11 October – John Nettles, actor 18 October – Dai Jones, Welsh broadcaster (died 2022) 23 November – Sue Nicholls, actress 28 November – Susan Brookes, television chef 7 December – Sue Johnston, actor 19 December – Sam Kelly, actor (died 2014)Michael Coveney 15 June 2014 Sam Kelly obituary https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/15/sam-kelly 3 January 2021 The Guardian 20 December – Jacqueline Pearce, actress (died 2018)Hadoke Toby 4 September 2018 Jacqueline Pearce obituary – Actor who brought a perfectly judged level of camp to the role of the vampish, villainous Servalan in the TV sci-fi series Blake's 7 The Guardian London https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/sep/04/jacqueline-pearce-obituary live 1 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20201230200537/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/sep/04/jacqueline-pearce-obituary 30 December 2020 28 December – Richard Whiteley, English television presenter (died 2005)27 June 2005 Richard Whiteley: Times obituary The Times https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/richard-whiteley-times-obituary-52pm573sqs6 live subscription 2 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170303124351/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article1934670.ece 3 March 2017 See also 1943 in British music 1943 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1943 References 1943