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This is a list of British television related events from 1943.
Events
- There are no events for 1943 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. Television broadcasting resumed in 1946.
Births
- 9 January – Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer (died 2019)
- 29 January – Tony Blackburn, English radio disc jockey
- 2 February – Susan Hanson, English actress
- 18 February – Graeme Garden, Scottish writer, comedian and actor
- 5 March
- Jane Rossington, English actress
- Hugh Scully, English television presenter (died 2015)[1]
- 8 March
- Michael Grade, television executive and businessman
- Lynn Redgrave, English actress (died 2010)
- 16 March – John Leeson, British actor
- 21 March – Vivian Stanshall, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster and musician (died 1995)
- 29 March – Eric Idle, English actor, writer and composer
- 3 April – Peter Benson, actor (died 2018)
- 5 May – Michael Palin, British comedian
- 6 May – Grange Calveley, animator and screenwriter (died 2021)[2]
- 27 May – Cilla Black, Liverpudlian singer-songwriter and television personality (died 2015)
- 8 June – Colin Baker, British actor
- 13 June – Malcolm McDowell, actor
- 29 June – Maureen O'Brien, British actress
- 20 July – Wendy Richard, British actress (died 2009)
- 20 August – Sylvester McCoy, British actor
- 5 September – Richard Dunn, CEO of Thames Television (died 1998)
- 23 September – Tony Gubba, English sports commentator (died 2013)
- 30 September – Ian Ogilvy, English actor
- 2 October – Anna Ford, journalist, newsreader and television presenter
- 11 October – John Nettles, actor
- 18 October – Dai Jones, Welsh broadcaster (died 2022)
- 23 November – Sue Nicholls, actress
- 28 November – Susan Brookes, television chef
- 7 December – Sue Johnston, actor
- 19 December – Sam Kelly, actor (died 2014)[3]
- 20 December – Jacqueline Pearce, actress (died 2018)[4]
- 28 December – Richard Whiteley, English television presenter (died 2005)[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Anon (2007). "Scully, Hugh". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U282809. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Hayward, Anthony (2021-08-27). "Grange Calveley obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ Michael Coveney (15 June 2014). "Sam Kelly obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ↑ Hadoke, Toby (4 September 2018). "Jacqueline Pearce obituary – Actor who brought a perfectly judged level of camp to the role of the vampish, villainous Servalan in the TV sci-fi series Blake's 7". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "Richard Whiteley: Times obituary". The Times. 27 June 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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