This is a list of British television related events from 1944. Events There are no events for 1944 in British television as broadcasting had been suspended for the duration of the Second World War, this was done amid fears the signals would help German bombers. Broadcasting resumed in 1946. Births 28 January – Bobby Ball (Harper), half of comedy double act Cannon and Ball (died 2020) 2 February – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (died 2012) 8 February – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014) 13 February – Jerry Springer, English-born television host 17 February – Nick Hewer, public relations consultant and television personality 11 March – Don Maclean, British comedian 8 April – Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor (died 2017) 27 April – Michael Fish, British television weatherman 29 April – Michael Angelis, actor and narrator (died 2020) 5 May – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor 7 May – Richard O'Sullivan, actor 12 May – Sara Kestelman, British actor 31 May – Samantha Juste, Top of the Pops hostess (died 2014) 1 June – Robert Powell, actor 11 June – Vince Earl, singer, comedian and actor 27 July – Tony Capstick, English comedian, actor and musician (died 2003) 31 July – Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster and television presenter 9 August – John Simpson, BBC foreign correspondent and world affairs editor 11 August – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor 13 September Carol Barnes, journalist (died 2008) Jacqueline Bisset, English actress 22 September – Frazer Hines, British actor 26 September – Anne Robinson, British television host 12 October – Angela Rippon, journalist and newsreader 20 October – Clive Hornby, actor (died 2008) 28 October – Ian Marter, British actor (died 1986) 17 December – Bernard Hill, English actor 24 December – Barry Chuckle (Elliott), half of children's entertainment comedy double act the Chuckle Brothers (died 2018) 25 December – Kenny Everett, English radio DJ and comedian (died 1995) See also 1944 in British music 1944 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1944 References