1947 in British television

Overview of the events of 1947 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1947.

Events

10 February–11 March – The BBC Television Service is temporarily suspended for the first time since World War II due to the Winter 1946–47 UK fuel shortage caused by the severe winter. From 21 February, two issues of the Radio Times, the BBC's listings magazine, are missed for the same cause.

9 November – Memorial service broadcast from the Cenotaph on the BBC Television Service, using tele-recording for the first time.
20 November – The Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II), daughter of George VI marries The Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.^[1] The procession is watched by an estimated 400,000 viewers and is the oldest surviving telerecorded programme in Britain.^[2]

Adelaide Hall appears in Variety in Sepia, the first telecording by BBC (kinescope) showing black singer Adelaide Hall performing two songs with chorus and her guitar. Copies of this first English kinescope of live TV broadcast are preserved by the BBC.
Café Continental premieres on the BBC Television Service.

21 January – Jonathan Meades, journalist and presenter
10 February – Nicholas Owen, journalist and newsreader
22 February – Deborah Grant, actress
28 February – Stephanie Beacham, English actress
1 March – Mike Read, television presenter and radio disc jockey
11 March – Alan Yentob, television executive
26 April – Warren Clarke, actor (died 2014)
30 April – Leslie Grantham, actor (EastEnders) (died 2018)^[3]
20 May – Greg Dyke, journalist and broadcaster, Director-General of the BBC
22 May – G. F. Newman, screenwriter and producer
6 July – Richard Beckinsale, actor (Porridge, Rising Damp) (died 1979)
14 July – Julia Somerville, journalist and newsreader
23 July – David Essex, actor and singer (EastEnders)
7 August – Nick Ross, radio and television presenter
14 September – Joan Thirkettle, journalist and broadcaster (died 1996)
16 September – Russ Abbot, actor, comedian and singer
28 September – Jon Snow, journalist and news presenter
30 September – Rula Lenska, actress
1 October – Larry Lamb, actor
2 October – Paul Jackson, producer
18 October – Paul Chuckle (Elliott), half of children's entertainment comedy double act the Chuckle Brothers
1 November – Nick Owen, newsreader and presenter
6 November – Jim Rosenthal, sports presenter
Alistair Beaton, scriptwriter

^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
^ "The Royal Wedding, 1947". BBC Archive. 16 January 2022.
^ "Leslie Grantham's dramatic life on and off screen". BBC News. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.