This is a list of events related to British television in 1933.
Events 21 April – The first television revue, Looking In, is shown on the BBC. The first four minutes of this programme survive on a Silvatone record, an early method of home video recording. September – BBC Television Policy, Rumours and Facts is published.
Births 10 January – Anton Rodgers, actor (died 2007) 12 January – Michael Aspel, journalist and television presenter 15 January – Frank Bough, journalist and television presenter (died 2020) 18 January – David Bellamy, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner (died 2019) 6 February – Leslie Crowther, television comedian and game show host (died 1996) 22 February – Sheila Hancock, actress 6 April – Dudley Sutton, actor (died 2018) 11 April – Derek Martin, actor (EastEnders) (died 2026) 16 April – Joan Bakewell, broadcaster 24 April – Claire Davenport, actress (died 2002) 30 April – Dickie Davies, television presenter (died 2023) 14 May – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress 15 May – Shirley Dynevor, Welsh actress (died 2023) 23 May – Joan Collins, actress 25 May – Biddy Baxter, children's television producer (died 2025) 2 August – Tom Bell, actor (died 2006) 21 August – Barry Norman, film critic (died 2017) 18 September – David McCallum, actor (died 2023) 25 September – Eric Chappell, sitcom writer (died 2022) 30 September – Barbara Knox, actress 10 October – Daniel Massey, actor (died 1998) 3 November – Jeremy Brett, actor (died 1995) 13 December – Brian Elliott (Patton Brothers), comedy performer 22 December – Richard Whitmore, newsreader
See also 1933 in British music 1933 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1933
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