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Overview of the events of 1944 in British television
This is a list of
British television related events from 1944.
There are no events for 1944 in British television as broadcasting had been suspended for the duration of the
Second World War . This was done amid fears the signals would help German
bombers .:
28 January –
Bobby Ball (Harper), half of comedy double act
Cannon and Ball (died
2020 )
2 February –
Geoffrey Hughes , English actor (died
2012 )
[1]
8 February –
Roger Lloyd-Pack , English actor (died
2014 )
[2]
13 February –
Jerry Springer , English-born television host (died 2023)
17 February –
Nick Hewer , public relations consultant and television personality
11 March –
Don Maclean , British comedian
8 April –
Hywel Bennett , Welsh actor (died
2017 )
[3]
25 April –
Len Goodman , ballroom dancer and television personality (died
2023 )
[4]
27 April –
Michael Fish , British television weatherman
29 April –
Michael Angelis , actor and narrator (died
2020 )
5 May –
John Rhys-Davies , Welsh actor
7 May –
Richard O'Sullivan , actor
12 May –
Sara Kestelman , British actor
31 May –
Samantha Juste , Top of the Pops hostess (died
2014 )
[5]
1 June –
Robert Powell , actor
11 June –
Vince Earl , singer, comedian and actor
27 July –
Tony Capstick , English comedian, actor and musician (died
2003 )
[6]
31 July –
Jonathan Dimbleby , broadcaster and television presenter
9 August –
John Simpson , BBC foreign correspondent and world affairs editor
11 August –
Ian McDiarmid , Scottish actor
13 September
22 September –
Frazer Hines , British actor
26 September –
Anne Robinson , British television host
12 October –
Angela Rippon , journalist and newsreader
20 October –
Clive Hornby , actor (died
2008 )
[8]
28 October –
Ian Marter , British actor (died
1986 )
[9]
[10]
17 December –
Bernard Hill , English actor (died
2024 )
24 December – Barry Chuckle (Elliott), half of children's entertainment comedy double act the
Chuckle Brothers (died
2018 )
[11]
25 December –
Kenny Everett , English radio DJ and comedian (died
1995 )
[12]