1927 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events in 1927.

Events

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valign="top" \| January	1	The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation.{{cite book \|last1=Street \|first1=Seán \|title=Historical Dictionary of British Radio \|date=2015 \|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield \|isbn=9781442249233 \|page=20 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Df-dCAAAQBAJ&pg=PR20\|language=en}}
valign="top" \| May	24	John Logie Baird transmits a television signal from London to Glasgow by telephone line.
valign="top" \| September	7	The Television Society is founded. It will gain Royal patronage in 1966, becoming the Royal Television Society.{{cite book \|last1=Franklin \|first1=Bob \|title=Key Concepts in Journalism Studies \|date=2005 \|publisher=SAGE Publications \|isbn=9780761944812 \|page=324 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWsBTq1utSQC&pg=PT324\|language=en}}
valign="top" \| September	20	John Logie Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision VideoDisc apparatus records 30-line television pictures and sound on conventional 78 rpm gramophone records.

Births

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valign="top" \| February	7	Laurie Johnson	television theme composer (The Avengers) (died 2024)
valign="top" \| February	16	June Brown	actress (EastEnders) (died 2022){{cite web \|last1=Whitmore \|first1=Greg \|title=June Brown: a life in pictures \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/apr/04/june-brown-a-life-in-pictures \|website=The Guardian \|access-date=4 April 2022 \|date=4 April 2022}}
valign="top" \| February	28	Harry H. Corbett	actor (Steptoe and Son) (died 1982)
valign="top" \| April	26	Jack Douglas	comic actor (died 2008)
valign="top" \| May	4	Terry Scott	comedy actor (Terry and June) (died 1994){{cite web \|title=Obituary: Terry Scott \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-scott-1416495.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-scott-1416495.html \|archive-date=1 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|website=The Independent \|date=23 October 2011 \|access-date=15 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}
valign="top" \| June	4	Geoffrey Palmer	comedy actor (As Time Goes By) (died 2020)
valign="top" \| June	13	Brian Wilde	comedy actor (Porridge, Last of the Summer Wine) (died 2008)
valign="top" \| August	20	Yootha Joyce	comedy actress (Man About the House, George & Mildred) (died 1980){{cite ODNB \|title=Joyce, Yootha \|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-74665 \|year=2004 \|access-date=15 September 2018 \|language=en \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/74665 \|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}
valign="top" \| July	20	Heather Chasen	radio & television actress (Crossroads, EastEnders) (died 2020)
valign="top" \| August	23	Peter Wyngarde	actor (Department S, Jason King) (died 2018){{cite web \|title=Obituary – Peter Wyngarde, flamboyant actor known for Jason King and Flash Gordon \|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15865081.Obituary___Peter_Wyngarde__flamboyant_actor_known_for_Jason_King_and_Flash_Gordon/ \|website=HeraldScotland \|access-date=15 September 2018 \|language=en}}
valign="top" \| October	1	Sandy Gall	newscaster{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7944508/Sandy-Galls-dream-for-Afghanistan.html\|title=Sandy Gall's dream for Afghanistan\|work=The Telegraph\|date=14 August 2010\|access-date=15 November 2019}}
valign="top" \| October	14	Roger Moore	screen actor (The Saint) (died 2017){{cite web \|title=Roger Moore obituary: the star who gave James Bond a martini-dry wit \|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/roger-moore-star-who-gave-james-bond-bone-dry-wit \|website=British Film Institute \|access-date=15 September 2018 \|language=en}}
valign="top" \| November	8	Ken Dodd	comedian (died 2018){{cite web \|title=Obituary: Sir Ken Dodd \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13360811 \|website=BBC News \|access-date=15 September 2018 \|date=12 March 2018}}

See also

References

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