1946 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1946.

List of years in British television (table)

British television broadcasts resumed this year. They had been suspended during World War II for fear that the signals would help German bombers.

Events

January – May

  • No events.

June

July

  • 7 July – The BBC's children's programme For the Children returns, one of the few pre-war programmes to resume after the reintroduction of the BBC Television Service.

August

  • 4 August – Children's puppet "Muffin the Mule" makes his first appearance in an episode of For The Children. He is so popular he is given his own show later in the year on a new service Watch with Mother.

September

  • No events.

October

  • 22 October – Telecrime, the first television crime series from the 1930s, returns for the final run on the BBC Television Service, retitled Telecrimes.
  • October – The first live televised football match is broadcast from Barnet's home ground Underhill. Twenty minutes of first half the game against Wealdstone were televised and thirty five minutes of the second half were shown before it became too dark to continue with the coverage.

November

December

  • No events.

Debuts

  • Madeline (1941–1949)

Television shows returning after the war

1920s

  • BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)

1930s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "A history of the licence fee". the Guardian. 11 October 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. Leapman, Michael (22 August 2013). "'Watch out, the BBC is coming after you'". Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. "Back after the break". BBC. 7 June 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  4. "Alan Rickman remembered by Ian Rickson". The Guardian. London. 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
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