1929 in British television

This is a list of British television related events in 1929.

Events Month Day Event August 20 First transmissions of Baird's 30-line television system by the BBC in London. November The BBC and John Logie Baird begin daily experimental broadcasting of 30-line television transmissions using the BBC's 2LO transmitter.

Births 17 February – Patricia Routledge, actress (died 2025) 21 February – James Beck, actor (died 1973) 24 March – Francis Essex, television producer (died 2009) 5 April – Nigel Hawthorne, actor (died 2001) 14 April – Gerry Anderson, puppeteer, television producer and director (died 2012) 18 April – Peter Jeffrey, actor (died 1999) 25 May – Arthur Montford, Scottish sports journalist (died 2014) 26 May – Lloyd Reckord, Jamaican-born actor (died 2015) 9 July – Christopher Morahan, director and production executive (died 2017) 19 July – Denis Goodwin, comedy scriptwriter (suicide 1975) 30 August – Ian McNaught-Davis, television presenter (died 2014) 14 September – Michael Peacock, television executive (died 2019) 25 September – Ronnie Barker, comic actor (died 2005) 27 November – Alan Simpson, comedy scriptwriter (died 2017) 16 December – Nicholas Courtney, actor (Doctor Who) (died 2011) 25 December – Stuart Hall, journalist and television presenter 26 December – Irene Shubik, television drama producer (died 2019)

See also 1929 in British music 1929 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1929

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