1948 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1948.

List of years in British television (table)
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Events

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  • 29 July – The BBC Television Service begins its coverage of the Olympic Games in London by broadcasting the opening ceremony. From now until the closing ceremony on 14 August the BBC Television Service will broadcast an average three and a half hours a day of live coverage from the Games, using a special coaxial cable linking the main venue at Wembley Stadium to the television service's base at Alexandra Palace. This is the most ambitious sustained outside broadcast yet attempted by the BBC, but passes off with no serious problems.

Debuts

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  • 5 January – Television Newsreel (1948–1954)
  • 8 February – Pygmalion (1948)
  • 14 March – I Killed the Count (1948)
  • 21 March – Men of Darkness (1948)
  • 1 August – Kid Flanaghan (1948)
  • 15 August – The Front Page (1948)
  • Unknown –
    • Television Dancing Club (1948–1962) (Dancing Club from 1963–1964)
    • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)

Continuing television shows

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1920s

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  • BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)

1930s

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1940s

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Asa Briggs (1995). The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume IV: Sound and Vision. OUP Oxford. p. 254.
  2. ^ Hadoke, Toby (24 July 2017). "Deborah Watling obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ Hayward, Anthony (26 April 2020). "Lynn Faulds Wood obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ^ Barker, Dennis (31 January 2008). "Obituary: Jeremy Beadle". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  5. ^ "Lynda Bellingham epitaph". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Philip Jackson". Aveleyman.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  7. ^ Exhibitors' Herald and Moving Picture World. Quigley Publishing Company. 1948. p. 42.
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