1949 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1949.

Events

• July – BBC Television revives the regular televised weather forecast.^[1]
• 29 September – The BBC Television Service first broadcasts Come Dancing, a TV ballroom dancing competition show.
• 26 October – How Do You View?, the first comedy series on British television, starring Terry-Thomas, is first broadcast.
• 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.

Debuts

• 29 September – Come Dancing (1949–1998)

Television shows

1930s

• Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952).
• For the Children (1937–1939, 1946–1950)

1940s

• Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)
• Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
• Café Continental (1947–1953)
• Television Newsreel (1948–1954)

Births

• 13 March – David Neilson, actor
• 30 March – Sue Cook, broadcaster and author
• 29 April – Anita Dobson, actress
• 2 May – Alan Titchmarsh, television presenter
• 13 May – Zoë Wanamaker, actress
• 14 May – Francesca Annis, 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)
• 19 September – Twiggy, model and television presenter
• 6 October – Sarah Cullen, television and radio journalist (died 2012)
• 14 October – Katy Manning, actress
• 6 November – Nigel Havers, actor
• 12 December – Bill Nighy, actor
• 13 December – Robert Lindsay, actor

References

1. "A history of TV weather forecasts ", BBC website, 16 January 2009