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Overview of the events of 1934 in British television
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 .