Overview of the events of 1944 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1944.
There are no events for 1944 in British television as broadcasting had been suspended for the duration of the Second World War . This was done amid fears the signals would help German bombers .: 28 January – Bobby Ball (Harper), half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball (died 2020 ) 2 February – Geoffrey Hughes , English actor (died 2012 )[ 1] 8 February – Roger Lloyd-Pack , English actor (died 2014 )[ 2] 13 February – Jerry Springer , English-born television host (died 2023) 17 February – Nick Hewer , public relations consultant and television personality 11 March – Don Maclean , British comedian 8 April – Hywel Bennett , Welsh actor (died 2017 )[ 3] 25 April – Len Goodman , ballroom dancer and television personality (died 2023 )[ 4] 27 April – Michael Fish , British television weatherman 29 April – Michael Angelis , actor and narrator (died 2020 ) 5 May – John Rhys-Davies , Welsh actor 7 May – Richard O'Sullivan , actor 12 May – Sara Kestelman , British actor 31 May – Samantha Juste , Top of the Pops hostess (died 2014 )[ 5] 1 June – Robert Powell , actor 11 June – Vince Earl , singer, comedian and actor 27 July – Tony Capstick , English comedian, actor and musician (died 2003 )[ 6] 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 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 )[ 8] 28 October – Ian Marter , British actor (died 1986 )[ 9] [ 10] 17 December – Bernard Hill , English actor (died 2024 ) 24 December – Barry Chuckle (Elliott), half of children's entertainment comedy double act the Chuckle Brothers (died 2018 )[ 11] 25 December – Kenny Everett , English radio DJ and comedian (died 1995 )[ 12]