1954 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1954.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Television shows 3.1 1940s 3.2 1950s 4 Ending this year 5 Births 6 References

Events

• 11 January - The first weather forecast with an in-vision presenter is televised in the UK. The first weather presenter was George Cowling.^[1]
• 2 April - The Grove Family, generally considered the first British TV soap opera, debuts on BBC Television.
• 5 July - First actual news bulletin, News and Newsreel, aired on BBC Television, replacing Television Newsreel.^[2]
• 30 July - The Television Act 1954 is given Royal Assent. It authorises the setting up of the infrastructure for British commercial television.
• 12 December - BBC Television screens its famous, and controversial, adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
• The British Academy Television Awards, the most prestigious awards in the British television industry, are first awarded.

Debuts

• 2 April - The Grove Family (1954–1957)
• 5 July - News and Newsreel (1954-unknown)
• 13 November - Fabian of the Yard (1954-1956)
• 21 December - Zoo Quest (1954–1963)

Television shows

1940s

• Watch with Mother (1946–1973)
• Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
• Come Dancing (1949–1998)

1950s

• Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)
• Flower Pot Men (1952–1958, 2001–2002)
• The Appleyards (1952–1957)
• All Your Own (1952–1961)
• Rag, Tag and Bobtail (1953–1965)
• The Good Old Days (1953–1983)
• Panorama (1953–present)

Ending this year

• Television Newsreel (1948)

Births

• 20 February - Anthony Head, actor
• 16 March - Jimmy Nail, actor and singer
• 17 March - Lesley-Anne Down, actress
• 21 June - Anne Kirkbride, actress
• 26 August - Steve Wright, broadcaster
• 8 September - Anne Diamond, journalist and television presenter
• 3 October - Jeff Randall, journalist and television presenter
• 1 December - Alan Dedicoat, newsreader and the National Lottery's Voice of the Balls
• 5 December - Hanif Kureishi, novelist and screenwriter
• Unknown - Martin Sixsmith, journalist, author and radio and television presenter

References