This is a list of British television related events in 1926.
Events 26 January – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates his pioneering greyscale mechanical television system (which he calls a "televisor") at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times.
Births 25 January – Richard Davies, Welsh actor (died 2015) 2 February – David Whitfield, actor and singer (died 1980) 22 February – Kenneth Williams, comedy actor (died 1988) 8 May – David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster 14 May – Eric Morecambe, comedy performer (died 1984) 17 May – Tenniel Evans, actor (died 2009) 19 May – David Jacobs, radio and television presenter (died 2013) 29 May – Katie Boyle, 4-time presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest (died 2018) 10 June – Lionel Jeffries, actor director and screenwriter (died 2010) 18 July – Robert Sloman, screenwriter, actor (died 2005) 18 July – Richard Pasco, actor (died 2014) 20 July – Patricia Cutts, actress (died 1974). First actress to play Blanche Hunt in Coronation Street. 21 July – Bill Pertwee, actor in Dad's Army (died 2013). 22 July – Bryan Forbes, director, producer, screenwriter and actor (died 2013) 6 August – Frank Finlay, actor (died 2016) 27 August – Pat Coombs, actress (died 2002) 21 October – Leonard Rossiter, comedy actor and writer (died 1984) 31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, television presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011) 30 November – Sydney Lotterby, comedy producer (died 2020) 19 December – Stephen Lewis, comedy actor (On the Buses) (died 2015)
See also 1926 in British music 1926 in the United Kingdom
References
Crisell, A. (2002). An introductory history of British broadcasting. Routledge.
Cooke, L. (2003). British television drama : a history . London: BFI Pub.