1926 in British television

This is a list of British television related events in 1926.

Events

• 26 January – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates his pioneering greyscale mechanical television system (which he calls a "televisor") at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times . ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Births

• 25 January – Richard Davies, Welsh actor (died 2015)
• 22 February – Kenneth Williams, comedy actor (died 1988)
• 8 May – David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
• 13 May – Eric Morecambe, comedy performer (died 1984)
• 21 October – Leonard Rossiter, comedy actor and writer (died 1984)
• 31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, television presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011)
• 30 November – Sydney Lotterby, comedy producer (died 2020)
• 19 December – Stephen Lewis, comedy actor ( On the Buses ) (died 2015)

See also

• 1926 in British music
• 1926 in the United Kingdom

References

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3. "Baird demonstrates TV". History com. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
4. "John Logie Baird | British inventor". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

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