1931 in British television

Events

• 3 June – First television outside broadcast of a sporting event: Baird televises the Epsom Derby horse race.

Births

• 10 January – Peter Barnes, playwright and screenwriter
• 2 February – Les Dawson, comedian
• 15 February – Claire Bloom, actress
• 18 February – Ned Sherrin, producer
• 28 February – Peter Alliss, professional golfer, television commentator and golf course designer
• 25 March – Humphrey Burton, music and arts presenter
• 7 April – Lynne Perrie, actress
• 8 April – Beryl Vertue, producer and media executive
• 14 April – Kenneth Cope, actor
• 7 June
• * Michael Bakewell, producer
• * Virginia McKenna, actress
• 2 July – Frank Williams, comic actor
• 25 August – Bryan Mosley, actor
• 8 September – Jack Rosenthal, screenwriter and playwright
• 22 September – Fay Weldon, screenwriter, playwright and novelist
• 23 October – Diana Dors, actress