1952 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1952.

Events

• 16 January – Sooty, Harry Corbett's glove puppet bear, first appears on the BBC Television Service.^[1]
• 1 February – The first TV detector van is demonstrated. It is designed to track down users of unlicensed television sets.^[2]
• 15 February – The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK.
• 14 March – The BBC Television Service is launched in Scotland.
• 20 July – Arrow to the Heart, the first collaboration between director Rudolph Cartier and scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, is broadcast on the BBC Television Service.
• 15 December – Bill and Ben, The Flower Pot Men premieres on the BBC Television Service.

Debuts

• March – The Appleyards (1952–1957)
• 12 December – The Flower Pot Men (1952–1958, 2001–2002)
• Unknown
  • Watch with Mother (1952–1973)
  • All Your Own (1952–1961)

Television shows

1940s

• Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)
• Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
• Café Continental (1947–1953)
• Television Newsreel (1948–1954)
• Come Dancing (1949–1998)

1950s

• Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)

Ending this year

• Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952).

Births

• 18 January – Michael Angelis, actor and narrator
• 29 January – Tim Healy, actor
• 2 March – John Altman, actor
• 31 March – Dermot Morgan, actor (died 1998)
• 4 April – Cherie Lunghi, actress
• 9 May – Patrick Ryecart, actor
• 22 June – Alastair Stewart, ITN journalist and newscaster
• 11 July – John Kettley, weatherman
• 22 September – Gary Holton, actor and musician (died 1985)
• 27 September – Rob Bonnet, BBC sports presenter and journalist
• 30 September – Jack Wild, actor (died 2006)
• 9 October – Sharon Osbourne, music manager and promoter and television personality and presenter
• 3 December – Mel Smith, comic actor and director (died 2013)
• 10 December – Clive Anderson, comedy writer and radio and television personality
• 20 December – Jenny Agutter, actress

References

1. Kynaston, David (2009). Family Britain, 1951–57. London: Bloomsbury. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-7475-8385-1.
2. "Test drive for TV detector vans". BBC On This Day. 1952-02-01. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.