This is a list of

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 from 1948.

Events

January

*5 January – ''

Television Newsreel ''Television Newsreel'' is a British television programme, the first regular news programme to be made in the UK. Produced by the BBC and screened on the BBC Television Service from 1948 to 1954 at 7.30pm, it adapted the traditional cinema news ...

'' is first shown on the

BBC Television Service BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 19 ...

February–June

*No events.

July

*29 July – The

begins its coverage of the Olympic Games in London by broadcasting the opening ceremony. From now until the closing ceremony on 14 August the BBC Television Service will broadcast an average three and a half hours a day of live coverage from the Games, using a special

coaxial cable Coaxial cable, or coax (pronounced ) is a type of electrical cable consisting of an inner conductor surrounded by a concentric conducting shield, with the two separated by a dielectric ( insulating material); many coaxial cables also have a p ...

linking the main venue at Wembley Stadium to the television service's base at

Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue in London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. It is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. Origi ...

. This is the most ambitious sustained outside broadcast yet attempted by the BBC, but passes off with no serious problems.

August–December

*No events.

Debuts

*5 January – ''

'' (1948–1954) *8 February – ''

Pygmalion Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to: Mythology * Pygmalion (mythology), a sculptor who fell in love with his statue Stage * ''Pigmalion'' (opera), a 1745 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau * ''Pygmalion'' (Rousseau), a 1762 melodrama by Jean-Jacques ...

'' (1948) *14 March – '' I Killed the Count'' (1948) *21 March – ''Men of Darkness'' (1948) *1 August – ''Kid Flanaghan'' (1948) *15 August – ''The Front Page'' (1948) *Unknown – ''Television Dancing Club'' (1948–1962) (Dancing Club from 1963–1964)

Continuing television shows

1920s

*''BBC Wimbledon'' (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)

1930s

*'' Picture Page'' (1936–1939, 1946–1952) *'' For the Children'' (1937–1939, 1946–1952) * The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019) *''BBC Cricket'' (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

*'' Kaleidoscope'' (1946–1953) *'' Muffin the Mule'' (1946–1955, 2005–2006) *''

Café Continental ''Café Continental'' is a British television variety show on the BBC Television Service from 1947 to 1953. Broadcast live from the BBC's studios at Alexandra Palace, the programme opened with a "Maître d'hôtel" known as Pere Auguste, who wel ...

'' (1947–1953)

Births

* 2 January – Deborah Watling, actress (died 2017) * 19 January –

Michael J. Jackson Michael J. Jackson is an English actor. Early career Jackson studied at the University of London and then joined repertory theatre in Sheffield, followed by Coventry, Birmingham and Edinburgh. He appeared in several theatre productions ear ...

, actor * 24 February – Dennis Waterman, actor (died 2022) * 26 February – Roberta Taylor, actress * 10 March – Richard Park, media personality and businessman * 25 March – Lynn Faulds Wood, Scottish-born consumer affairs presenter (died 2020) * 28 March – Matthew Corbett, television presenter and comedian * 4 April – Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor * 12 April – Jeremy Beadle, television presenter, writer and producer (died 2008) * 11 May – Pam Ferris, actress * 16 May – Judy Finnigan, television presenter * 31 May – Lynda Bellingham, actress and broadcaster (died 2014) * 18 June – Philip Jackson, actor * 8 August – Wincey Willis, broadcaster * 19 September – Jeremy Irons, actor * 27 September – Michele Dotrice, actress * 3 November – Lulu, singer and entertainer * 29 November – David Rintoul, actor * 22 December – Noel Edmonds, television presenter and executive

Deaths

* 30 July — Hay Petrie, actor (born 1895)

References

{{Years in TV by country, 1948