1980 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1980.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Unknown

Debuts

BBC1

BBC2

ITV

Continuing television shows

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

DateNameAgeCinematic Credibility
9 January Charles Curran 58television executive
24 January Sam Leitch 52television presenter
25 January Queenie Watts 56actress
4 February David Whitaker 51television screenwriter
8 February Leslie Welch 72television entertainer
9 February Heron Carvic 67actor
Renée Houston 77actress
24 March John Barrie 62actor
31 March John Nightingale 37actor
1 April Joyce Heron 63actress
11 April Nicholas Phipps 66actor
15 April Catherine Salkeld 70actress
26 April Cicely Courtneidge 87actress
14 May Hugh Griffith 67film, stage and television actor
23 June John Laurie 83actor ( Dad's Army )
24 July Peter Sellers 54comic actor (Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther )
21 August Norman Shelley 77actor
24 August Yootha Joyce 53actor ( Man About the House , George and Mildred )
19 September Jacky Gillott 40television presenter
6 October Hattie Jacques 58comic actress
12 October Ambrosine Phillpotts 68actress
20 October Isobel Barnett 62broadcast personality ( What's My Line? )
29 October Ouida MacDermott 91actress
3 November Dennis Burgess 54actor
8 November Julian Wintle 67television producer
10 November Patrick Campbell 67television personality ( Call My Bluff )
16 November Imogen Hassall 38actress
26 November Rachel Roberts 53actress
Hector Ross 66actor
25 December Fred Emney 78actor and comedian

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