- Source: 1949 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1949.
Events
= January
=No events.
= February
=No events.
= March
=No events
= 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.
= May
=No events.
= June
=No events.
= July
=July – BBC Television revives the regular televised weather forecast.
July 11–14 – The first film made specifically for British television, A Dinner Date With Death, is shot at Marylebone Studios in London, featuring Roy Plomley. It is broadcast in 1950.
= August
=No events.
= September
=29 September – The BBC Television Service first broadcasts Come Dancing, a TV ballroom dancing competition show.
= October
=26 October – How Do You View?, the first comedy series on British television, starring Terry-Thomas, is first broadcast.
= November
=No events.
= December
=17 December – The Sutton Coldfield television transmitter is opened in the Midlands, making it the first part of the UK outside London to receive the BBC Television Service.
31 December – BBC television ends the day with a brief live broadcast of 20 sleeping babies in St Thomas' Hospital, London.
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
=Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952)
For the Children (1937–1939, 1946–1952)
Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present)
The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)
BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)
= 1940s
=Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)
Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
Café Continental (1947–1953)
Television Newsreel (1948–1954)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
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
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
10 June – Sir Frederick Ogilvie, Director General of the BBC, aged 57
See also
1949 in British music
1949 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1949
References
External links
List of 1949 British television series at IMDb
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