1926 in British television

This is a list of British television related events in 1926.

Events

 * 26 January – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates his pioneering greyscale mechanical television system (which he calls a "televisor") at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times.

Births

 * 25 January – Richard Davies, Welsh actor (died 2015)
 * 22 February – Kenneth Williams, comedy actor (died 1988)
 * 8 May – David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
 * 13 May – Eric Morecambe, comedy performer (died 1984)
 * 21 October – Leonard Rossiter, comedy actor and writer (died 1984)
 * 31 October – Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, television presenter, philanthropist and serial sex offender (died 2011)
 * 30 November – Sydney Lotterby, comedy producer (died 2020)
 * 19 December – Stephen Lewis, comedy actor (On the Buses) (died 2014)