This is a list of British television related events from 1947. Events January No events. February 10 February–11 March – The BBC Television Service is temporarily suspended for the first time since World War II due to the Winter 1946–47 UK fuel shortage caused by the severe winter. From 21 February, two issues of the Radio Times, the BBC's listings magazine, are missed for the same cause. March – October No events. November 9 November – Memorial service broadcast from the Cenotaph on the BBC Television Service, using tele-recording for the first time. 20 November – The Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II), daughter of George VI marries The Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London. The procession is watched by an estimated 400,000 viewers and is the oldest surviving telerecorded programme in Britain. December No events. Unknown Adelaide Hall appears in Variety in Sepia, the first telecording by BBC (kinescope) showing black singer Adelaide Hall performing two songs with chorus and her guitar. Copies of this first English kinescope of live TV broadcast are preserved by the BBC. Café Continental premieres on the BBC Television Service. Debuts 19 January – Rebecca (1947) 4 February – The Happiest Days of Your Life (1947) 6 February – The Two Mrs Carrolls (1947) 9 February – Cry Havoc (1947) 23 March – The Man Who Came To Dinner (1947) 11 May – Larry the Lamb (1947) 24 June – The Bad Man (1947) 27 July – Boys in Brown (1947) 3 August – The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1947) 16 August – New Faces (1947) 31 August – The Green Pack (1947) 2 October – Busman's Honeymoon (1947) Unknown – Café Continental (1947–1953) Continuing television shows 1920s BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024) 1930s Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952) For the Children (1937–1939, 1946–1952) The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019) BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024) 1940s Kaleidoscope (1946–1953) Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006) Ending this year Pinwright's Progress (1946–1947) Births 21 January – Jonathan Meades, journalist and presenter 10 February – Nicholas Owen, journalist and newsreader 22 February – Deborah Grant, actress 28 February – Stephanie Beacham, English actress 1 March – Mike Read, television presenter and radio disc jockey 11 March – Alan Yentob, television executive 26 April – Warren Clarke, actor (died 2014) 30 April – Leslie Grantham, actor (EastEnders) (died 2018) 20 May – Greg Dyke, journalist and broadcaster, Director-General of the BBC 22