1983 in British television

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This is a list of British television-related events from 1983.

Contents

Events

January

February

7 February – BBC2's four-hour weekday transmitter shutdown resumes. It had been suspended for previous four months to assist riggers adjust aerials during the lead up to, and the launch of, Channel 4. [2]

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Debuts

BBC1

BBC2

ITV

Channel 4

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

ShowsMoved fromMoved to
Des O'Connor Tonight BBC1 ITV
BBC Schools and Colleges programmes BBC2
Tell the Truth ITV Channel 4
WKRP in Cincinnati

Continuing television shows

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

DateNameAgeCinematic Credibility
2 January Dick Emery 67comedian and actor
Olive Mercer 78actress ( Dad's Army )
10 January Ewan Roberts 68actor
27 February Ruth Dunning 73actress
5 March Rex Jameson 58comedian
27 March James Hayter 75actor
30 March Tony Sympson 76actor
31 March Stephen Murray 70actor
1 April John R. Buckmaster 67actor
17 April Thomas L. Thomas 72television singer ( The Voice of Firestone )
22 May John Barrett 73actor
6 June Ambrose Coghill 79actor ( The Stalls of Barchester , Six Days of Justice )
17 June George Benson 72actor ( The Forsyte Saga )
18 June Derek Godfrey 59actor ( Danger Man )
22 June Daphne Heard 78actress ( To the Manor Born )
21 July Norman Chappell 57actor
29 July David Niven 73actor
1 August Peter Arne 58actor
10 October Ralph Richardson 80actor
20 October Peter Dudley 48actor ( Coronation Street )
15 November John Le Mesurier 71actor (Dad's Army)
4 December Maurice Browning 64actor
22 December Charles Lloyd-Pack 81actor
24 December Alan Melville 73television screenwriter and actor
26 December Violet Carson 85actress (Coronation Street)
29 December Janet Webb 53actress ( Morecambe and Wise , The Two Ronnies )

See also

References

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