1926 in British television
This is a list of British television- related events for 1926.
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Events
- John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first television receiver.[1]
Births
- 25 January – Richard Davies, Welsh actor (died 2015)
- 22 February – Kenneth Williams, comic actor (died 1988)
- 8 May – David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
- 13 May – Eric Morecambe, comedian (died 1984)
- 31 October – Jimmy Saville, disc jockey and television presenter (died 2011)
- 19 December – Stephen Lewis, comedy actor (On the Buses) (died 2014)
- date unknown –
- Terence Alexander, actor
- Brian Wilde, actor
Notes
- the television receiver firstly was called "televisor" when John Logie Baird invented.[2]
- as the invention in 1926, colour TV was created in 1928.[3]
References
- "BBC - History - John Logie Baird". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- Editors, History com. "Baird demonstrates TV". HISTORY. Retrieved 2019-04-13.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- "John Logie Baird | British inventor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- Burns, R. W. (1986). British Television: The Formative Years(No. 7). IET. https://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=7v7FTnT1wE4C&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=1926+in+British+television&ots=epOkS2HVrO&sig=_os8u-9vVieB5XwZuGHf7TSwcgE#v=onepage&q=1926%20in%20British%20television&f=false
- Crisell, A. (2002). An introductory history of British broadcasting. Routledge.
- Toye, R. (2011). History on British Television: Constructing Nation, Nationality and Collective Memory - By Robert Dillon. History, 96(322), 226–227. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-229X.2011.00515_21.x
- Cooke, L. (2003). British television drama : a history . London: BFI Pub.
- "History of the BBC - 1920s". BBC. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
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