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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.[ 1] [ 2] July – BBC Television revives the regular televised weather forecast.[ 3]
July 11–14 – The first film made specifically for British television, A Dinner Date With Death , is shot at Marylebone Studios in London,[ 4] Roy Plomley . It is broadcast in 1950. 25 January – The Time Machine
10 June – Triple Bill (1949) (trio of plays: Witness For the Prosecution; The Call To Arms; and Box For One)
29 September – Come Dancing
26 October – How Do You View?
27 November – By Candlelight (1949)
25 December – Miranda (1949) Continuing television shows [ edit ] 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
