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This is a list of British television related events from 1979.
Shows | Moved from | Moved to |
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Noggin the Nog | BBC One | BBC Two |
Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility |
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16 January | Peter Butterworth | 63 | actor (Carry On, Doctor Who) |
28 February | Jane Hylton | 51 | actress (The Adventures of Sir Lancelot) |
6 March | John Robinson | 70 | actor (Quatermass II) |
19 March | Richard Beckinsale | 31 | actor |
24 March | Yvonne Mitchell | 63 | actress (Nineteen Eighty-Four) |
30 May | Jack Raine | 82 | actor |
4 July | Marjorie Rhodes | 82 | actress |
6 July | Malcolm Hulke[9] | 54 | screenwriter (Doctor Who) |
7 July | Ian Mackintosh[10] | 39 | TV writer (air crash; disappeared, presumed dead) |
24 July | Archie Duncan | 65 | actor (Little John in The Adventures of Robin Hood) |
23 August | Richard Hearne | 71 | comic performer ("Mr Pastry") |
7 September | Alan Browning | 53 | actor (Coronation Street) |
23 September | Catherine Lacey[11] | 75 | actress |
20 November | Michael Darbyshire | 62 | actor (Rentaghost) |
30 November | Joyce Grenfell | 69 | actress, comedian and singer-songwriter |