1944 in British television
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This is a list of British television related events from 1944.
Events
British television broadcasting was suspended for the duration of the Second World War amid fears the signals would help German bombers. Broadcasting resumed in 1946.
Births
- 2 February – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (died 2012)
- 8 February – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014)
- 13 February – Jerry Springer, English-born television host
- 17 February – Nick Hewer, public relations consultant and television personality
- 11 March – Don Maclean, British comedian
- 8 April – Hywel Bennett, actor
- 27 April – Michael Fish, British TV weatherman
- 5 May – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
- 7 May – Richard O'Sullivan, actor
- 12 May – Sara Kestelman, British actor
- 1 June – Robert Powell, actor
- 11 June – Vince Earl, singer, comedian and actor
- 27 July – Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor, and musician (died 2003)
- 31 July – Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster and television presenter
- 9 August – John Simpson, BBC foreign correspondent and world affairs editor
- 11 August – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
- 13 September
- Carol Barnes, journalist (died 2008)
- Jacqueline Bisset, English actress
- 22 September – Frazer Hines, British actor
- 26 September – Anne Robinson, British television host
- 12 October – Angela Rippon, journalist and newsreader
- 20 October – Clive Hornby, actor (died 2008)
- 28 October – Ian Marter, British actor (died 1986)
- 17 December – Bernard Hill, English actor
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