1930 in British television
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This is a list of British television related events in 1930.
Events
| Month | Day | Event |
|---|---|---|
| March | 31 | John Logie Baird installs a television receiver at the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom's residence in London. |
| July | 14 | First television drama broadcast, a production of Luigi Pirandello's The Man With the Flower in His Mouth by the BBC from Baird's studios at 133 Long Acre, London, directed by Val Gielgud.[1] |
| November | 5 | Baird television transmissions at the Hairdressing Fair of Fashion include the world's first television commercial, for the Eugène Method of permanent hair waving. |
Births
- 28 January â Roy Clarke, comedy writer
- 29 January â John Junkin, comedy actor and screenwriter (died 2006)
- 9 May â Joan Sims, actress (died 2001)
- 1 June â Edward Woodward, actor (died 2009)
- 4 June â Bill Treacher, actor (died 2022)
- 12 June - Jim Nabors, comedy actor (died 2017)
- 17 July â Ray Galton, comedy writer (died 2018)
- 18 July - Burt Kwouk, actor (died 2016)
- 25 August â Sean Connery, Scottish-born screen actor (died 2020)
- 28 August â Windsor Davies, comedy actor (died 2019)
- 24 September â Angelo Muscat, Maltese-born character actor (died 1977)
- 19 October â Mavis Nicholson, Welsh presenter (died 2022)
- 28 October â Philip Saville, director (died 2016)
- 7 November â Peter Woods, journalist and newsreader (died 1995)
- 4 December â Ronnie Corbett, Scottish-born comedy performer (died 2016)
- 8 December â Stan Richards, actor (Emmerdale) (died 2005)