1942 in British television
This is a list of British television-related events from 1942.
Births
- 3 January – John Thaw, English actor
- 5 January – Jan Leeming, journalist, television presenter and newsreader
- 8 January – Robin Ellis, English actor
- 19 January – Michael Crawford, English singer and actor
- 1 February – Terry Jones, Welsh comedic actor and writer
- 7 February – Gareth Hunt, English actor
- 25 March – Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer
- 27 March – Michael York, English actor
- 29 March – Julie Goodyear, actress and television personality
- 12 May – Pam St Clement, born Pamela Clements, actress
- 19 May – Robert Kilroy-Silk, politician and television presenter
- 8 June – Fred Dinenage, television presenter
- 17 July – Peter Sissons, journalist
- 16 August – John Challis, actor
- 17 September – Des Lynam, television presenter
- 24 November – Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
- 29 November – Michael Craze, actor
- 4 December – Gemma Jones, actress
- 15 December – Geoffrey Davies, actor
Deaths
- October – Bernard Natan, co-founder of France's first television company, Télévision-Baird-Natan, aged 56