1933 in British television

This is a list of events related to British television in 1933.

Events

• 21 April – The first television revue, Looking In , is shown on the BBC. The first four minutes of this programme survive on a Silvatone record, an early method of home video recording.
• September – BBC Television Policy, Rumours and Facts is published. ^[1]

Births

• 10 January – Anton Rodgers, actor (died 2007)
• 12 January – Michael Aspel, journalist and television presenter
• 15 January – Frank Bough, journalist and television presenter (died 2020)
• 18 January – David Bellamy, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner (died 2019)
• 6 February – Leslie Crowther, television comedian and game show host (died 1996) ^[2]
• 22 February – Sheila Hancock, actress
• 6 April – Dudley Sutton, actor (died 2018)
• 11 April – Derek Martin, actor
• 16 April – Joan Bakewell, broadcaster
• 24 April – Claire Davenport, actress (died 2002)
• 30 April – Dickie Davies, television presenter (died 2023)
• 14 May – Siân Phillips, actress
• 15 May – Shirley Dynevor, Welsh actress (died 2023) ^[3]
• 23 May – Joan Collins, actress
• 25 May – Biddy Baxter, children's television producer (died 2025)
• 2 August – Tom Bell, actor (died 2006)
• 21 August – Barry Norman, film critic (died 2017) ^[4]
• 18 September – David McCallum, actor (died 2023)
• 25 September – Eric Chappell, sitcom writer (died 2022)
• 30 September – Barbara Knox, actress
• 10 October – Daniel Massey, actor (died 1998) ^[5]
• 3 November – Jeremy Brett, actor (died 1995)
• 13 December – Brian Elliott (Patton Brothers), comedy performer
• 22 December – Richard Whitmore, newsreader

See also

• 1933 in British music
• 1933 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1933

References

1. Stephen Herbert (2004). A History of Early Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 10. ISBN   978-0-415-32666-7.
2. William G. Stewart (30 September 1996). "Obituary: Leslie Crowther" . The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
3. Finn, Rachel (13 January 2023). "Corrie's Sally Dynevor and Bridgerton star daughter devastated as family member dies". OK Magazine.
4. "Film critic Barry Norman dies". BBC News. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
5. Newsletter of the Wilhelm Furtwängler Society of America. Wilhelm Furtwängler Society of America. 1997.