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This is a list of British television related events in 1927.
Events
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| January || 1 || The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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| May || 24 || John Logie Baird transmits a television signal from London to Glasgow by telephone line.
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| September || 7 || The Television Society is founded. It will gain Royal patronage in 1966, becoming the Royal Television Society.
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| September || 20 || John Logie Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision VideoDisc apparatus records 30-line television pictures and sound on conventional 78 rpm gramophone records.
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Births
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| February || 7 || Laurie Johnson || television theme composer (The Avengers) (died 2024)
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| February || 16 || June Brown || actress (EastEnders) (died 2022)
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| February || 28 || Harry H. Corbett || actor (Steptoe and Son) (died 1982)
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| April || 26 || Jack Douglas || comic actor (died 2008)
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| May || 4 || Terry Scott || comedy actor (Terry and June) (died 1994)
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| June || 4 || Geoffrey Palmer || comedy actor (As Time Goes By) (died 2020)
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| June || 13 || Brian Wilde || comedy actor (Porridge, Last of the Summer Wine) (died 2008)
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| August|| 20 || Yootha Joyce || comedy actress (Man About the House, George & Mildred) (died 1980)
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| July|| 20 || Heather Chasen || radio & television actress (Crossroads, EastEnders) (died 2020)
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| August || 23 || Peter Wyngarde || actor (Department S, Jason King) (died 2018)
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| October || 1 || Sandy Gall || newscaster (ITV News at Ten) (died 2025)
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| October || 14 || Roger Moore || screen actor (The Saint) (died 2017)
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| November || 8 || Ken Dodd || comedian (died 2018)
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See also
- 1927 in British music
- 1927 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1927