February – Wendi Peters, actress 4 March – Patsy Kensit, English actress 11 March – Dominic Mafham, actor 21 March – Jaye Davidson, British actor 23 March – Abigail Cruttenden, actress 3 April – Charlotte Coleman, actress (died 2001) 8 April – Jenny Powell, television presenter 17 April – Lee Whitlock, actor (died 2023) 22 April – Amanda Mealing, actress 23 April – Ricky Groves, actor 4 May – Julian Barratt, comedian and actor 12 May – Catherine Tate, comedian 15 May – Sophie Raworth, journalist and newsreader 22 May – Graham Linehan, Irish writer and director 7 June – Sarah Parish, actress 28 June – Adam Woodyatt, actor 4 July – Ronni Ancona, actress and impressionist 20 July – Julian Rhind-Tutt, film, television and radio actor 26 July – Olivia Williams, actress 4 August – Lee Mack, comedian and actor 5 August – Stephanie Flanders, broadcast journalist 9 August Gillian Anderson, British actress (born in the U.S.) Kate Gerbeau, television presenter and newsreader 11 August – Gray O'Brien, actor 14 August – Adrian Lester, British actor 17 August – Helen McCrory, actress (died 2021) 20 August – Sharat Sardana, comedy scriptwriter (died 2009) 21 August – Laura Trevelyan, BBC journalist 9 September – Julia Sawalha, English actress, sister of Nadia Sawalha 20 September – Philippa Forrester, British TV presenter 23 September – Yvette Fielding, television presenter and actress 28 September – Shiulie Ghosh, television journalist 1 October – Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter 2 October – Victoria Derbyshire, radio and television presenter 19 October – Kacey Ainsworth, British actress 20 October – Susan Tully, television producer and director, previously actress 12 November – Jo Coburn, journalist and broadcaster 22 November Andrew Gilligan, British journalist Sarah Smith, Scottish journalist 23 November – Kirsty Young, television presenter 12 December – Kate Humble, television presenter 18 December – Nina Wadia, actress and comedian Unknown – Melanie Stace, television presenter See also 1968 in British music 1968 in British radio 1968 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1968 References