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Overview of the events of 1949 in British television
This is a list of
British television related events from 1949.
23 April - The first FA Amateur Cup Final staged at Wembley is also the first to be televised. The whole match is shown on the BBC, Bromley beating Romford 1-0.
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July –
BBC Television revives the regular televised weather forecast.
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July 11–14 – The first film made specifically for British television, A Dinner Date With Death , is shot at
Marylebone Studios in London,
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Roy Plomley . It is broadcast in 1950.
25 January –
The Time Machine (1949)
10 June – Triple Bill (1949) (trio of plays: Witness For the Prosecution; The Call To Arms; and Box For One)
29 September –
Come Dancing (1949–1998)
26 October –
How Do You View? (1949–1953)
27 November – By Candlelight (1949)
25 December – Miranda (1949)
Continuing television shows
BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)
13 March –
David Neilson , actor
30 March –
Sue Cook , broadcaster and author
11 April –
David Stafford , writer and broadcaster (died
2023 )
29 April –
Anita Dobson , actress
2 May –
Alan Titchmarsh , gardener and television presenter
13 May –
Zoë Wanamaker , American-born actress
21 May –
Andrew Neil , Scottish journalist and broadcaster
22 May –
Cheryl Campbell , film, television and stage actor
16 August –
John McArdle , actor
25 August –
Ross Davidson , actor (died
2006 )
2 September –
Moira Stuart , broadcast presenter
10 September –
Freddy Marks , actor, singer and musician (died
2021 )
19 September –
Twiggy , model and television presenter
23 September –
Floella Benjamin , Trinidad-born children's TV presenter and actress
6 October –
Sarah Cullen , television and radio journalist (died
2012 )
20 October –
Jane Tucker , actress, singer and musician
12 December –
Bill Nighy , actor
13 December –
Robert Lindsay , actor