This is a list of British television related events from 1950. Events January No events. February 23 February – First televised report of general election results in the UK with coverage of the 1950 United Kingdom general election, although the footage is not recorded. Richard Dimbleby hosts the BBC coverage of the election which he will do again for the 1951, 1955, 1959 and the 1964 United Kingdom general elections. On this occasion, Dimbleby is joined in the BBC Lime Grove Studios by R. B. McCallum, Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford and author of The British General Election of 1945 and David Butler, research student of Nuffield College. The first election night programme runs from 10:45pm until just after 1am. March No events. April 3 April – The BBC aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3. May 21 May – The BBC's Lime Grove television studios open. June No events. July 11 July – Andy Pandy premieres on the BBC Television Service. August 27 August – The first ever live television pictures from across the English Channel are transmitted by the BBC Television Service. The two-hour programme is broadcast live from Calais in northern France to mark the centenary of the first message sent by submarine telegraph cable from England to France. September 8 September–27 October — No issues of Radio Times are published, due to a printing dispute. 30 September – First BBC Television Service broadcast from an aircraft. October 13 October – George Barnes becomes Director of BBC Television, taking over from Norman Collins. November No events. December 20 December – Poet T. S. Eliot expresses concerns about "the television habit" in a letter to The Times (London). 23 December – Gala Variety with Tommy Cooper, becomes the first programme to be broadcast by the BBC from the former Gainsborough Studios in Lime Grove, purchased by the corporation in the previous year. Unknown A cable network is launched in Gloucester, to provide better television reception than is possible at this time via a roof-top aerial. Debuts 8 January – Rope (1950) 2 February – The Scarlet Pimpernel (1950) 5 March – Sunday Night Theatre (1950–1959) 6 June – The Admirable Crichton (1950) 11 July – Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005) 30 July – Adventure Story (1950) 24 November – Pet's Parlour with Petula Clark (1950–1953) 12 December – Little Women, drama serial in six parts, starring Norah Gorsen, David