This is a list of events related to British television in 1935.

Events

11 September – Final transmission of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system by the BBC. The BBC begins preparations for a regular high definition broadcasting service from Alexandra Palace in London.

Births 24 January – Bamber Gascoigne, television host and author (died 2022) 17 February – Christina Pickles, actress 21 February – Mark McManus, Scottish actor (died 1994) 13 March – David Nobbs, comedy screenwriter (died 2015) 23 March – Barry Cryer, comedy writer and performer (died 2022) 24 March – Mary Berry, television presenter, chef and food writer 28 March – Michael Parkinson, journalist and television presenter (died 2023) 4 April – Trevor Griffiths, playwright and screenwriter (died 2024) 14 April – Terrance Dicks, television writer (died 2019) 19 April – Dudley Moore, actor, comedian and musician (died 2002) 1 May – Ian Curteis, director and playwright (died 2021) 17 May – Dennis Potter, writer (died 1994) 26 May – Sheila Steafel, actress (died 2019) 28 May – Anne Reid, actress 2 June – Roger Brierley, actor (died 2005) 16 June – James Bolam, actor 19 June – Derren Nesbitt, actor 28 June – John Inman, actor (died 2007) 9 July – Michael Williams, actor (died 2001) 12 July – Roy Barraclough, comic actor (died 2017) 15 July – William G. Stewart, television producer and presenter (died 2017) 20 July – Ted Rogers, comedian and light entertainer (died 2001) 21 July – Julian Pettifer, television journalist 28 July – Simon Dee, television presenter (died 2009) 13 August – Rod Hull, entertainer (died 1999) 15 August – Jim Dale, actor, composer, director, narrator and singer-songwriter 28 August – Harold Snoad, television comedy producer, director and scriptwriter (died 2024) 5 September – Johnny Briggs, actor (died 2021) 14 September – Amanda Barrie, actress 10 October – Judith Chalmers, broadcast presenter (died 2026) 28 October – Terence Donovan, English-born actor (died 2026) 29 October – Michael Jayston, actor (died 2024) 27 November – Verity Lambert, television producer (died 2007)

See also 1935 in British music 1935 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1935

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