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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.[1]
- 31 March – The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company comes to an end.[2]
- 16 May – The Seldon Committee is established to investigate the feasibility of a public television service in the UK.
Births
- 8 January – Roy Kinnear, actor (died 1988)[3]
- 14 January – Richard Briers, actor (died 2013)[4]
- 20 January – Tom Baker, actor[5]
- 12 February – Annette Crosbie, Scottish actor[6]
- 17 February – Alan Bates, actor (died 2003)[7]
- 24 February – Doreen Sloane, actor (died 1999)
- 2 April – Brian Glover, actor and wrestler (died 1997)[8]
- 7 April – Ian Richardson, actor (died 2007)[9]
- 3 May – Henry Cooper, boxer and Question of Sport team captain (died 2011)[10]
- 9 May – Alan Bennett, actor and writer[11]
- 15 May – George Roper, comedian (died 2003)[12]
- 1 July – Jean Marsh, actress[13]
- 5 July – Philip Madoc, actor (died 2012)[14]
- 8 July – Marty Feldman, writer, comedian and actor (died 1982)[15]
- 8 August – Keith Barron, actor and television presenter (died 2017)[16]
- 20 August – Tom Mangold, investigative reporter
- 20 October – Timothy West, actor[17]
- 9 December – Judi Dench, actress[18]
- 28 December – Maggie Smith, actress[19]
See also
References
- ↑ "Schedule - BBC Programme Index".
- ↑ Burns, R. W. (2000). John Logie Baird: Television Pioneer. IET. p. 270. ISBN 9780852967973.
- ↑ "Kinnear, Roy (1934–1988) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ↑ Anthony Slide (1996). Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-313-29550-8.
- ↑ Cavan Scott; Mark Wright (2013). Who-Ology: The Official Miscellany. BBC Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-84990-619-7.
- ↑ Anthony Slide (1996). Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-313-29550-8.
- ↑ Harris M. Lentz III (24 October 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7864-5208-8.
- ↑ F. Maurice Speed; James Cameron-Wilson (1998). Film Review. W. H. Allen. ISBN 9781852277673.
- ↑ Harris M. Lentz III (20 May 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-7864-3481-7.
- ↑ The Player (3 September 2012). The Player Bookazine Issue 21. The Player. pp. 116–. GGKEY:X96CRRTZ9GW.
- ↑ Joseph O'Mealy (13 September 2013). Alan Bennett: A Critical Introduction. Routledge. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-135-69762-4.
- ↑ Manchester Memoirs. The Society. 1999.
- ↑ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1978. p. 283.
- ↑ Screen International Film and TV Year Book. Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1990. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-900925-21-4.
- ↑ The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1982. ISBN 978-0-312-03877-9.
- ↑ Peter Noble (1974). British Film and Television Year Book. Cinema TV Today. p. 24.
- ↑ Gale Group; Joshua Kondek; Yvonne Jones Angela (3 December 1999). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale. p. 442. ISBN 978-0-7876-3185-7.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (1 January 2010). Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61535-329-3.
- ↑ "Maggie Smith: A glorious antidote to the self-absorption of so many in her profession". The Independent. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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