Overview of the events of 1940 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1940.
There are no events for 1940 in British television as broadcasting has been suspended for the duration of the Second World War , amid fears that the signals would help German bombers. Television broadcasting resumes in 1946 . 19 January – Mike Reid , entertainer, comedian and actor (died 2007 ) 22 January – John Hurt , actor (died 2017 ) 2 February – David Jason , born David White, actor[ 1] 6 February – Jimmy Tarbuck , comedian 12 February – Ralph Bates , English actor (died 1991 ) 20 February – Jimmy Greaves , footballer and television pundit (died 2021 ) 22 February – Judy Cornwell , English actress 5 March – Malcolm Hebden , actor (Coronation Street 2 April – Penelope Keith , actress 10 April – Gloria Hunniford , Northern Irish television and radio presenter and singer 24 April – Chris Kelly , English television host and producer 7 June – Ronald Pickup , actor (died 2021 ) 16 June – Carole Ann Ford , actress 20 June – John Mahoney , actor (died 2018 in the United States ) 22 June – Esther Rantzen , journalist and television presenter 23 June – Adam Faith , born Terry Nelhams, pop singer, screen actor and financial journalist (died 2003 ) 27 June – Eric Richard , actor 13 July – Patrick Stewart , actor 17 July – Tim Brooke-Taylor , broadcast comedy performer (died 2020 ) 31 July – Roy Walker , Northern Irish comedian 16 August – John Craven , journalist and television presenter 3 September – Pauline Collins , character actress 9 October – John Lennon , rock singer-songwriter, screen actor and activist (killed 1980 in the United States) 14 October 19 October – Michael Gambon , Irish-born actor (died 2023) 29 October – Jack Shepherd , actor, playwright, director and saxophonist 27 November – John Alderton , character actor 11 December – Tony Adams , Welsh actor
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