1926 in British television
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This is a list of British television related events in 1926.
Events
- 26 January â Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates his pioneering greyscale mechanical television system (which he calls a "televisor") at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times.[1][2][3][4]
Births
- 25 January â Richard Davies, Welsh actor (died 2015)
- 22 February â Kenneth Williams, comedy actor (died 1988)
- 8 May â David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
- 13 May â Eric Morecambe, comedy performer (died 1984)
- 21 October â Leonard Rossiter, comedy actor and writer (died 1984)
- 31 October â Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, television presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011)
- 30 November â Sydney Lotterby, comedy producer (died 2020)
- 19 December â Stephen Lewis, comedy actor (On the Buses) (died 2015)