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1934 In British Television
This is a list of events related to British television in 1934. Events *8 January – '' Radio Times'' lists this date as the first on which a television programme is broadcast by the BBC. The 30-minute programme, titled ''Television: By the Baird Process'', airs at 11pm. *31 March – The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company comes to an end. Births * 8 January – Roy Kinnear, actor (died 1988) * 14 January – Richard Briers, actor (died 2013) * 20 January – Tom Baker, actor * 12 February – Annette Crosbie, Scottish actor * 17 February – Alan Bates, actor (died 2003) * 24 February – Doreen Sloane, actor (died 1999) * 2 April – Brian Glover, actor and wrestler (died 1997) * 7 April – Ian Richardson, actor (died 2007) * 3 May – Henry Cooper, boxer and ''Question of Sport'' team captain (died 2011) * 9 May – Alan Bennett, actor and writer * 15 May – George Roper, comedian (died 2003) * 1 July – Jean Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there are basically 485 TV channels, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010 for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most material viewed. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced a year, at a cost of £2.6 billion.Tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In British Television
This is a summary of the year 2007 in British television. Events January February March April May June July August September October November December Debuts BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four ITV (1/2/3/4/CITV) Channel 4 Five Other channels Changes of network affiliation * It later moved to Bravo in early 2008 Channels New channels Defunct channels Rebranded channels Television shows Returning this year after a break of one year or longer Continuing television shows 1920s *''BBC Wimbledon'' (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) 1930s *The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019) 1950s *'' Panorama'' (1953–present) *''What the Papers Say'' (1956–2008) *''The Sky at Night'' (1957–present) *'' Blue Peter'' (1958–present) 1960s *'' Coronation Street'' (1960–present) *'' Songs of Praise'' (1961–present) *'' Doctor Who'' (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present) *''Match of the Day'' (1964–present) *''Top of the Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy West
Timothy Lancaster West, CBE (born 20 October 1934) is an English actor and presenter. He has appeared frequently on both stage and television, including stints in both ''Coronation Street'' (as Eric Babbage) and ''EastEnders'' (as Stan Carter), and also in '' Not Going Out'', as the original Geoffrey Adams. He is married to the actress Prunella Scales; since 2014 they have been seen travelling together on British and overseas canals in the Channel 4 series '' Great Canal Journeys''. Early life and education West was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, the only son of Olive (née Carleton-Crowe) and actor Lockwood West (1905–1989). He was educated at the John Lyon School, Harrow on the Hill, at Bristol Grammar School, where he was a classmate of Julian Glover, and at Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster). Career West worked as an office furniture salesman and as a recording technician, before becoming an assistant stage manager at the Wimbledon Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Mangold
Thomas Cornelius Mangold (born 20 August 1934) is a British broadcaster, journalist and author. For 26 years he was an investigative journalist with the BBC '' Panorama'' current affairs television programme. Personal life Tom Mangold was born in Hamburg and came to Britain as a Jewish child refugee from the Nazis. The original family name was Goldman but this was changed as a result of antisemitism. He attended Dorking County Grammar School. He did National Service with the Royal Artillery. He is married, lives in London, has three daughters by previous marriages, and works as a freelance reporter specialising in intelligence and travel. Journalism Mangold was a reporter with the '' Sunday Mirror'' and then the '' Daily Express''. After spending nearly two years investigating the Profumo affair, he joined BBC TV News in 1964 to be a war correspondent covering conflicts in Aden, Vietnam, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, the Middle East and Afghanistan. In 1971 he moved to BBC TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In British Television
This is a list of events that took place in 2017 relating to Television in the United Kingdom Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection .... Events January February March April May June July August September October November December Debuts BBC ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 Other channels Channels New channels Rebranding channels Television shows Changes of network affiliation Returning this year after a break of one year or longer Continuing television shows 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Ending this year Deaths See also * 2017 in British music * 2017 in British radio * 2017 in the United Kingdom References {{Years in TV by country, 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Barron
Keith Barron (8 August 1934 – 15 November 2017) was an English actor and television presenter who appeared in films and on television from 1961 until 2017. His television roles included the police drama ''The Odd Man'', the sitcom ''Duty Free'', and Gregory Wilmot in '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. Career Born in Mexborough in the West Riding of Yorkshire,'South Yorkshire' did not exist before 1 April 1974. 'West Riding of Yorkshire' is correct. Barron completed his national service in the Royal Air Force and his acting career started at the Sheffield Repertory Theatre, where he also met his wife, Mary, a stage designer. He became well known to British television viewers in the early 1960s as the easygoing Detective Sergeant Swift in the Granada TV series ''The Odd Man'' and its spin-off ''It's Dark Outside''. His major breakthrough, however, was as Nigel Barton in the writer Dennis Potter's semi-autobiographical plays '' Stand Up, Nigel Barton'' and '' Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 In British Television
This is a list of British television related events from 1982. Events January *1 January **Associated Television (ATV) was restructured into Central Independent Television but still broadcasting in the Midlands. Television South (TVS) starts broadcasting to the South and South East of England, replacing Southern Television and Television South West (TSW) starts broadcasting to the South West, replacing Westward Television. **The Bluebell Hill transmitter in Kent is transferred from Thames/LWT to TVS, to increase the size of TVS's new South East sub-region and the Kendal transmitter, covering much of southern Cumbria, is transferred from Granada to Border.Peter Fiddick "ITV's framework for survival in the eighties", ''The Guardian''; 25 January 1980; p.2 **Yorkshire Television extends its coverage on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border, when transmitters covering Todmorden and Walsden are transferred from the Granada region. **In London, the Friday handover hours for Thames and LWT is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Feldman
Martin Alan Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedian and comedy writer. He was known for his prominent, misaligned eyes. He initially gained prominence as a writer with Barry Took on the ITV sitcom ''Bootsie and Snudge'' and the BBC Radio comedy programme ''Round the Horne''. He became known as a performer on ''At Last the 1948 Show'' (co-writing the "Four Yorkshiremen sketch" which Monty Python would perform) and '' Marty'', the latter of which won Feldman two British Academy Television Awards including Best Entertainment Performance in 1969. Feldman went on to appear in films such as '' The Bed Sitting Room'' and '' Every Home Should Have One'', the latter of which was one of the most popular comedies at the British box office in 1970. In 1971, he starred in the comedy-variety sketch series '' The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine''. In 1974, he appeared as Igor in Mel Brooks' ''Young Frankenstein'' for which he received the first Saturn Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In British Television
This is a list of events that took place in 2012 related to British television. Events January February February–March March April May May–June June July August September October November December Debuts BBC ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 Other channels Olympics See main article, 2012 Summer Olympics Channels New channels Defunct channels Rebranded channels Television shows Changes of network affiliation Returning this year after a break of one year or longer Continuing television shows 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Ending this year Deaths See also * 2012 in British music * 2012 in British radio * 2012 in the United Kingdom Events from the year 2012 in the United Kingdom. This was the year of the Summer Olympics in London as well as the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Incumbents *Monarch – Elizabeth II *Prime Minister – David Cameron ( Coalition) *Par ... * List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Madoc
Philip Madoc (born Philip Arvon Jones; 5 July 1934 – 5 March 2012) was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and often playing villains and officers. On television, he starred as David Lloyd George in '' The Life and Times of David Lloyd George'' (1981) and DCI Noel Bain in the detective series '' A Mind to Kill'' (1994–2002). His guest roles included multiple appearances in the cult series '' The Avengers'' (1962–68) and ''Doctor Who'' (1968–1979), as well as playing the U-boat captain in the '' Dad's Army'' episode "The Deadly Attachment" (1973). He was also known to be an accomplished linguist. Early life Madoc was born near Merthyr Tydfil and attended Cyfarthfa Castle Grammar School, where he was a member of the cricket and rugby teams, and displayed talent as a linguist. He then studied languages at University College Cardiff and the University of Vienna. He eventually s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marsh
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roper
George Roper (15 May 1934 – 1 July 2003) was an English comedian, best known for his appearances in the long-running UK television series '' The Comedians''. Early history He was born George Francis Furnival in Liverpool to a working-class family of Irish descent, to parents who were staunchly Roman Catholic. In conversation with the writer Ken Irwin in 1972, he remarked that "the rough and ready upbringing of Catholics in Liverpool brings out the humour in a family": He's another comic who has known poverty. There were five children in the Roper family, three girls and two boys. Dad saw a lot of life – he was a window cleaner. 'Times were hard when I started at school, in the early war years,' says George. 'We never went without, but a jam butty was often a meal'. Two of Roper's great-uncles were popular stars of the British Music Hall: Johnnie Cullen of the comedy team Cullen and Carthy, and George Sanford of the dance act Sanford and Lyons. He was also a cousin t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
