1940 in British television

This is a list of British television-related events from 1940.

Births

19 January – Mike Reid, entertainer, comedian and actor
22 January – John Hurt, actor
2 February – David Jason, born David White, actor
6 February – Jimmy Tarbuck, comedian
12 February – Ralph Bates, English actor
20 February – Jimmy Greaves, footballer and television pundit
22 February – Judy Cornwell, English actress
2 April – Penelope Keith, actress
10 April – Gloria Hunniford, Northern Irish television and radio presenter and singer
24 April – Chris Kelly, English television host and producer
7 June – Ronald Pickup, actor
16 June – Carole Ann Ford, actress
20 June – John Mahoney, actor
22 June – Esther Rantzen, journalist and television presenter
23 June – Adam Faith, born Terry Nelhams, pop singer, screen actor and financial journalist
27 June – Eric Richard, actor
11 July – Tommy Vance, born Richard Weston, DJ and TV music presenter
13 July – Patrick Stewart, actor
17 July – Tim Brooke-Taylor, broadcast comedy performer
28 July – Brigit Forsyth, actress
31 July – Roy Walker, Northern Irish comedian
16 August – John Craven, journalist and television presenter
3 September – Pauline Collins, character actress
9 October – John Lennon, rock singer-songwriter, screen actor and activist
14 October
*Cliff Richard, born Harry Webb in British India, pop singer and film actor
*Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor, television director and writer
19 October – Michael Gambon, Irish-born actor
29 October – Jack Shepherd, actor, playwright, director and saxophonist
27 November – John Alderton, character actor
11 December – Tony Adams, Welsh actor