1931 in British television

Overview of the events of 1931 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events in 1931.

Events

3 June – First television outside broadcast of a sporting event: Baird televises the Epsom Derby horse race.^[1]

10 January – Peter Barnes, playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)^[2]
2 February – Les Dawson, comedian (died 1993)^[3]
15 February – Claire Bloom, actress^[4]
18 February – Ned Sherrin, producer (died 2007)
28 February – Peter Alliss, professional golfer, television commentator and golf course designer (died 2020)
7 April – Lynne Perrie, actress (died 2006)^[5]
8 April – Beryl Vertue, producer and media executive^[6] (died 2022)
14 April – Kenneth Cope, actor^[7]
7 June
- Michael Bakewell, producer (died 2023)
- Virginia McKenna, actress^[8]
2 July – Frank Williams, comic actor (died 2022)^[9]
25 August – Bryan Mosley, actor (died 1999)^[10]
8 September – Jack Rosenthal, screenwriter and playwright (died 2004)^[11]
22 September – Fay Weldon, screenwriter, playwright and novelist (died 2023)
23 October – Diana Dors, actress (died 1984)^[12]

^ "History of British television: Timeline, 1926–2017". Bradford: National Science and Media Museum. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
^ Billington, Michael (5 July 2004). "Obituary: Peter Barnes". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ Owen, James. "Dawson, Leslie [Les] (1931–1993), comedian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51827.
^ "Claire Bloom - British actress". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "Lynne Perrie obituary". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ Simone, Knox (16 May 2018). "The unwitting pioneer of transatlantic format adaptation: Beryl Vertue". centaur.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "Kenneth Cope". BFI. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "Virginia McKenna". BFI. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ Coveney, Michael (2022-06-26). "Frank Williams obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^ "Obituary: Bryan Mosley". The Independent. 1999-02-11. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ "Jack Rosenthal, author and playwright". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ Waymark, Peter. "Dors [married names Hamilton, Dawson, Lake], Diana [real name Diana Mary Fluck] (1931–1984), actress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31043.