Overview of the events of 1949 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1949.
Events
January
February
March
April
23 April - The first FA Amateur Cup Final staged at Wembley is also the first to be televised. The whole match is shown on the BBC, Bromley beating Romford 1-0.[1] [2]
May
June
July
July – BBC Television revives the regular televised weather forecast.[3]
July 11–14 – The first film made specifically for British television, A Dinner Date With Death , is shot at Marylebone Studios in London,[4] featuring Roy Plomley . It is broadcast in 1950.
August
September
October
November
December
Debuts
25 January – The Time Machine (1949)
10 June – Triple Bill (1949) (trio of plays: Witness For the Prosecution; The Call To Arms; and Box For One)
29 September – Come Dancing (1949–1998)
26 October – How Do You View? (1949–1953)
27 November – By Candlelight (1949)
25 December – Miranda (1949)
Continuing television shows
1920s
BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)
1930s
1940s
Births
13 March – David Neilson , actor
30 March – Sue Cook , broadcaster and author
11 April – David Stafford , writer and broadcaster (died 2023 )
29 April – Anita Dobson , actress
2 May – Alan Titchmarsh , gardener and television presenter
13 May – Zoë Wanamaker , American-born actress
21 May – Andrew Neil , Scottish journalist and broadcaster
22 May – Cheryl Campbell , film, television and stage actor
5 July – Sue Robbie , television presenter
16 August – John McArdle , actor
25 August – Ross Davidson , actor (died 2006 )
2 September – Moira Stuart , broadcast presenter
10 September – Freddy Marks , actor, singer and musician (died 2021 )
19 September – Twiggy , model and television presenter
23 September – Floella Benjamin , Trinidad-born children's TV presenter and actress
6 October – Sarah Cullen , television and radio journalist (died 2012 )
20 October – Jane Tucker , actress, singer and musician
12 December – Bill Nighy , actor
13 December – Robert Lindsay , actor
Deaths
See also
References
^ "Match Details - Bromley 1-0 Romford". THE TV FOOTBALL ALMANAC . Retrieved November 29, 2023 .
^ "Programme Details - Association Football". THE TV FOOTBALL ALMANAC . Retrieved November 29, 2023 .
^ "A history of TV weather forecasts " Archived 2013-01-02 at the Wayback Machine , BBC website, 16 January 2009
^ "Today in History". Metro . London. 2023-07-11. p. 2.
^ McCann, Graham (2021-12-30). "Gang Aft Agley: The Day TV Broke Hogmanay". Comedy Chronicles . British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-01-01 .
External links
List of 1949 British television series at IMDb
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