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Overview of the events of 1932 in British television
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This is a list of events related to
British television
in 1932.
Contents
Events
Births
See also
References
Events
22 August – The
BBC
starts a regular experimental television service, using
John Logie Baird
's 30-line mechanical system.
[
1
]
EMI
demonstrate
electronic television
, with up to 3 times as many lines as Baird's mechanical system, to the
BBC
.
Births
12 January –
Des O'Connor
, television personality and singer (died 2020)
6 March –
Jean Boht
, née Dance, actress (died 2023)
17 April –
Tony Bilbow
, presenter and screenwriter
21 April –
Bob Grant
, comic actor (died 2003)
25 April –
William Roache
, actor (
Coronation Street
)
8 May –
Phyllida Law
, Scottish-born actress
22 June –
Prunella Scales
, actress
8 July –
Brian Walden
, journalist, broadcaster and member of parliament (died 2019)
2 August –
Peter O'Toole
, British-Irish-born actor (died 2013)
7 August –
Edward Hardwicke
, actor (died 2011)
9 August –
Reginald Bosanquet
, journalist and news presenter (died 1984)
20 August –
Anthony Ainley
, actor (died 2004)
21 August –
Barry Foster
, actor (
Van der Valk
) (died 2002)
4 September –
Dinsdale Landen
, actor (died 2003)
25 September –
Brian Murphy
, comedy actor (died 2025)
26 September –
Andrew Gardner
, journalist and newsreader (died 1999)
28 September –
Jeremy Isaacs
, producer and executive
30 October –
Janice Willett
, producer with
ABC Weekend TV
(died 2018)
[
2
]
20 November –
Richard Dawson
, comedian and game show host (died 2012)
See also
1932 in British music
1932 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1932
References
↑
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-14-102715-0
.
↑
"Janice Willett Kay"
.
Richmond and Twickenham Times
. 23 November 2018
. Retrieved
9 March
2019
.
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