1931 in British television

This is a list of British television related events in 1931.

Events

• 3 June – First television outside broadcast of a sporting event: Baird televises the Epsom Derby horse race. ^[1]

Births

• 10 January – Peter Barnes, playwright and screenwriter (died 2004) ^[2]
• 2 February – Les Dawson, comedian (died 1993) ^[3]
• 15 February – Claire Bloom, actress ^[4]
• 18 February – Ned Sherrin, producer (died 2007)
• 28 February – Peter Alliss, professional golfer, television commentator and golf course designer (died 2020)
• 7 April – Lynne Perrie, actress (died 2006) ^[5]
• 8 April – Beryl Vertue, producer and media executive ^[6] (died 2022)
• 14 April – Kenneth Cope, actor (died 2024) ^[7]
• 7 June
  • Michael Bakewell, producer (died 2023)
  • Virginia McKenna, actress ^[8]
• 2 July – Frank Williams, comic actor (died 2022) ^[9]
• 25 August – Bryan Mosley, actor (died 1999) ^[10]
• 8 September – Jack Rosenthal, screenwriter and playwright (died 2004) ^[11]
• 22 September – Fay Weldon, screenwriter, playwright and novelist (died 2023)
• 23 October – Diana Dors, actress (died 1984) ^[12]

See also

• 1931 in British music
• 1931 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1931

References

1. "History of British television: Timeline, 1926–2017". Bradford: National Science and Media Museum. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
2. Billington, Michael (5 July 2004). "Obituary: Peter Barnes". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 June 2018.
3. Owen, James. "Dawson, Leslie [Les] (1931–1993), comedian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/51827 .
4. "Claire Bloom - British actress". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
5. "Lynne Perrie obituary". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
6. Simone, Knox (16 May 2018). "The unwitting pioneer of transatlantic format adaptation: Beryl Vertue". centaur.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
7. "Kenneth Cope". BFI. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
8. "Virginia McKenna". BFI. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
9. Coveney, Michael (2022-06-26). "Frank Williams obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
10. "Obituary: Bryan Mosley" . The Independent. 1999-02-11. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
11. "Jack Rosenthal, author and playwright". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
12. Waymark, Peter. "Dors [married names Hamilton, Dawson, Lake], Diana [real name Diana Mary Fluck] (1931–1984), actress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/31043 .