1934 in British television

This is a list of events related to British television in 1934.

Events

• 31 March – The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company comes to an end. ^[1]
• 16 May – The Seldon Committee is established to investigate the feasibility of a public television service in the UK.

Births

• 8 January – Roy Kinnear, actor (died 1988) ^[2]
• 14 January – Richard Briers, actor (died 2013) ^[3]
• 20 January – Tom Baker, actor ^[4]
• 12 February – Annette Crosbie, Scottish actor ^[5]
• 17 February – Alan Bates, actor (died 2003) ^[6]
• 24 February – Doreen Sloane, actor (died 1990)
• 2 April – Brian Glover, actor and wrestler (died 1997) ^[7]
• 7 April – Ian Richardson, actor (died 2007) ^[8]
• 3 May – Henry Cooper, boxer and Question of Sport team captain (died 2011) ^[9]
• 9 May – Alan Bennett, actor and writer ^[10]
• 15 May – George Roper, comedian (died 2003) ^[11]
• 1 July – Jean Marsh, actress ^[12] (died 2025)
• 5 July – Philip Madoc, actor (died 2012) ^[13]
• 8 July – Marty Feldman, writer, comedian and actor (died 1982) ^[14]
• 8 August – Keith Barron, actor and television presenter (died 2017) ^[15]
• 20 August – Tom Mangold, investigative reporter
• 20 October – Timothy West, actor (died 2024) ^[16]
• 9 December – Judi Dench, actress ^[17]
• 28 December – Maggie Smith, actress (died 2024) ^[18]

See also

• 1934 in British music
• 1934 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1934

References

1. Burns, R. W. (2000). John Logie Baird: Television Pioneer . IET. p.  270. ISBN   9780852967973.
2. "Kinnear, Roy (1934–1988) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
3. Anthony Slide (1996). Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN   978-0-313-29550-8.
4. Cavan Scott; Mark Wright (2013). Who-Ology: The Official Miscellany. BBC Books. p. 36. ISBN   978-1-84990-619-7.
5. Anthony Slide (1996). Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN   978-0-313-29550-8.
6. Harris M. Lentz III (24 October 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 24. ISBN   978-0-7864-5208-8.
7. F. Maurice Speed; James Cameron-Wilson (1998). Film Review. W. H. Allen. ISBN   9781852277673.
8. Harris M. Lentz III (20 May 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 308. ISBN   978-0-7864-3481-7.
9. The Player (3 September 2012). The Player Bookazine Issue 21. The Player. pp. 116–. GGKEY:X96CRRTZ9GW.
10. Joseph O'Mealy (13 September 2013). Alan Bennett: A Critical Introduction. Routledge. p. 3. ISBN   978-1-135-69762-4.
11. Manchester Memoirs. The Society. 1999.
12. Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. 1978. p. 283.
13. Screen International Film and TV Year Book. Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1990. p. 156. ISBN   978-0-900925-21-4.
14. The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1982. ISBN   978-0-312-03877-9.
15. Peter Noble (1974). British Film and Television Year Book. Cinema TV Today. p. 24.
16. Gale Group; Joshua Kondek; Yvonne Jones Angela (3 December 1999). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale. p. 442. ISBN   978-0-7876-3185-7.
17. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (1 January 2010). Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. p. 45. ISBN   978-1-61535-329-3.
18. "Maggie Smith: A glorious antidote to the self-absorption of so many in her profession" . The Independent. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2018.