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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 ...
related events in 1928.


Events


Births

*3 January – Michael Barratt, English television presenter and announcer *27 January – Michael Craig, Indian-born actor and screenwriter *22 February – Bruce Forsyth, English entertainer and presenter (died 2017) *13 March – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English light music composer and director, theme tune composer (died 2007) *30 April –
Dickie Davies Richard John Davies (born 30 April 1933) is a retired British television sports presenter, who anchored '' World of Sport'' from 1968 until 1985. Early life Davies attended Oldershaw Grammar School after passing his eleven-plus; he then did ...
, English sports presenter (died 2023) *1 June – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, screenwriter, actor and game show presenter (died 2003) *12 July– Frank Windsor, actor ('' Z Cars'') (died 2020) *22 July –
Freda Dowie Freda Dowie (22 July 1928 – 10 August 2019) was an English actress. She was born in Carlisle, Cumberland. She was married to the art critic and film-maker David Thompson. Her television credits include: ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Doomw ...
, English actress (died 2019) *1 October –
Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne; 1 October 192825 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and emigrated to South Africa at an early age, before later settling in th ...
, Lithuanian-born screen actor (died 1974) *8 October – Bill Maynard, English comic actor (died 2018) *12 November – Bob Holness, South African-born English radio and television host (died 2012) *12 December – Lionel Blair, Canadian-born actor, choreographer, dancer and television presenter (died 2021)"Who is Lionel Blair" interview
radiotimes.com, 11–17 February 2017, pg. 32; *29 December – Bernard Cribbins, English comedy actor (died 2022)


See also

* 1928 in British music *
1928 in the United Kingdom Events from the year 1928 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents * Monarch – George V * Prime Minister – Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) * Parliament – 34th Events * January – Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, ...
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List of British films of 1928 A list of British films released in 1928. 1928 See also * 1928 in British music * 1928 in British television * 1928 in film * 1928 in the United Kingdom External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:British Films Of 1928 1928 Events Janu ...


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